web-scraper
Fail
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Jun 12, 2026
Risk Level: HIGHREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONCOMMAND_EXECUTIONCREDENTIALS_UNSAFEPROMPT_INJECTIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS
Full Analysis
- [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: The
install.shscript downloads and executes thenvminstaller from its official GitHub repository (nvm-sh/nvm) using a piped bash command. This is a common practice for developer tools but involves running remote code during setup. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The installation script modifies file permissions using
chmod +xfor all Python and JavaScript files in the scripts directory to ensure they are executable. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The documentation for handling authenticated sites recommends running Playwright with
--no-sandboxanddangerouslyDisableSandbox: true. Disabling the browser sandbox is a security concern as it removes a primary layer of isolation when the agent navigates to arbitrary or potentially malicious external URLs. - [CREDENTIALS_UNSAFE]: The skill instructions facilitate a workflow where the agent captures, saves, and reuses session cookies (
site_cookies.json) in the/tmpdirectory. While used for legitimate scraping of login-required sites, this involves the agent managing sensitive plain-text session data. - [PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill has a high surface for indirect prompt injection as its primary function is to ingest untrusted content from the web into the agent's context.
- Ingestion points: Untrusted web content enters the context through
scrape_page.py,crawl_site.py, andscrape_docs.pyusing bothrequestsandplaywright. - Boundary markers: The skill does not implement specific delimiters or 'ignore' instructions when presenting the scraped Markdown to the agent, increasing the risk of the agent obeying instructions found on a webpage.
- Capability inventory: The skill possesses the ability to execute subprocesses (calling Node.js), perform network operations, and write files to the local system.
- Sanitization: HTML content is cleaned using
BeautifulSoupto remove scripts, styles, and other non-content tags before being converted to Markdown. - [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill downloads the Chromium browser binary via
npx playwright install chromiumas a functional requirement for rendering JavaScript-heavy websites.
Recommendations
- HIGH: Downloads and executes remote code from: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.1/install.sh - DO NOT USE without thorough review
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