newsletter-curation

Fail

Audited by Socket on Feb 25, 2026

1 alert found:

Malware
MalwareHIGH
SKILL.md

The skill fragment is broadly coherent with its stated purpose of guiding AI-assisted newsletter curation via the inference.sh CLI. The main security concern is the use of a curl|sh installer pattern to fetch a binary from a remote domain, albeit mitigated by explicit checksum verification documentation. No hardcoded credentials or obvious data exfiltration paths are present; data flows primarily involve legitimate content sourcing and newsletter generation. However, the install-from-URL pattern remains a notable risk and should be mitigated with hardened supply-chain controls. Recommended mitigations include: pin/verify installer binaries via reproducible builds or container images, favor offline or package-manager-based installations, implement code signing, and maintain an auditable provenance trail for all external artifacts.

Confidence: 95%Severity: 90%
Audit Metadata
Analyzed At
Feb 25, 2026, 05:39 PM
Package URL
pkg:socket/skills-sh/inference-sh-9%2Fskills%2Fnewsletter-curation%2F@5df6ead524e119c0e256241340c22bb5b02a13c7