rss-fetch
Fail
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Sep 23, 2026
Risk Level: HIGHEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSCOMMAND_EXECUTIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
- [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill fetches content from external RSS/Atom feeds, which serves as a potential surface for indirect prompt injection if the feed content is malicious.
- Ingestion points: Data is ingested from various external URLs via
curlinSKILL.md, including Hacker News, Reddit, and TechCrunch. - Boundary markers: There are no explicit boundary markers or instructions to the agent to isolate the fetched content from its own instructions.
- Capability inventory: The skill utilizes shell utilities such as
xmllint,grep,awk, andtrfor parsing and formatting. - Sanitization: The skill does not perform sanitization of the fetched text (titles, descriptions, links) before processing it.
- [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill uses shell commands to interact with the web and process data.
- Uses
curlto fetch XML and Atom data from remote URLs. - Uses
xmllintto parse and query XML data via XPath. - Uses standard text processing tools like
awk,grep, andtrto manipulate the feed output. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill fetches content from multiple external domains to retrieve news feeds.
- Retrieves data from well-known services and platforms such as Hacker News (
hnrss.org), TechCrunch (techcrunch.com), Ars Technica (arstechnica.com), and Reddit (reddit.com). - Fetches blog updates from GitHub's official feeds.
Recommendations
- HIGH: Downloads and executes remote code from: https://hnrss.org/frontpage - DO NOT USE without thorough review
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