sparkle-win

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Audited by Snyk on May 14, 2026

Risk Level: MEDIUM
Full Analysis

MEDIUM W011: Third-party content exposure detected (indirect prompt injection risk).

  • Third-party content exposure detected (high risk: 1.00). The skill instructs WinSparkle to fetch and parse an arbitrary appcast feed URL (set via win_sparkle_set_appcast_url in SKILL.md and referenced in "How Update Checking Works" / "Appcast URL Configuration"), and the feed's items, releaseNotesLink, and enclosure URLs are untrusted third‑party content that directly influence update checks and can trigger downloads/auto-installs.

MEDIUM W012: Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).

  • Potentially malicious external URL detected (high risk: 1.00). Yes — WinSparkle fetches an appcast at runtime from the configured URL (e.g., https://example.com/appcast.xml) and may download/run enclosure payloads (e.g., https://example.com/setup.exe), so remotely hosted XML and installer URLs directly control the updater UI/behavior and can cause execution of remote code.

Issues (2)

W011
MEDIUM

Third-party content exposure detected (indirect prompt injection risk).

W012
MEDIUM

Unverifiable external dependency detected (runtime URL that controls agent).

Audit Metadata
Risk Level
MEDIUM
Analyzed
May 14, 2026, 04:12 PM
Issues
2
Security Audit — snyk — sparkle-win