youtube-transcript

Fail

Audited by Socket on Feb 16, 2026

1 alert found:

Malware
MalwareHIGH
SKILL.md

[Skill Scanner] Installation of third-party script detected All findings: [CRITICAL] command_injection: Installation of third-party script detected (SC006) [AITech 9.1.4] [CRITICAL] command_injection: Installation of third-party script detected (SC006) [AITech 9.1.4] [CRITICAL] command_injection: Installation of third-party script detected (SC006) [AITech 9.1.4] [CRITICAL] command_injection: Installation of third-party script detected (SC006) [AITech 9.1.4] [CRITICAL] command_injection: Natural language instruction to download and install from URL detected (CI009) [AITech 9.1.4] [CRITICAL] command_injection: Installation of third-party script detected (SC006) [AITech 9.1.4] [CRITICAL] command_injection: Installation of third-party script detected (SC006) [AITech 9.1.4] [CRITICAL] command_injection: Installation of third-party script detected (SC006) [AITech 9.1.4] [CRITICAL] command_injection: Installation of third-party script detected (SC006) [AITech 9.1.4] [CRITICAL] command_injection: Installation of third-party script detected (SC006) [AITech 9.1.4] [CRITICAL] command_injection: Installation of third-party script detected (SC006) [AITech 9.1.4] [CRITICAL] command_injection: Installation of third-party script detected (SC006) [AITech 9.1.4] [HIGH] command_injection: Backtick command substitution detected (CI003) [AITech 9.1.4] No evidence of malicious code. The script's capabilities match its stated purpose (download subtitles with yt-dlp, fallback to Whisper transcription, convert VTT to deduplicated text). The primary risks are operational: it may install packages (pip, apt, brew) and executes system commands which require user trust and appropriate privileges. Recommend running in a controlled environment, verifying package sources before pip installs, and ensuring user interaction is required for large downloads/installs (script already prompts for Whisper). LLM verification: The document describes a legitimate YouTube-transcript downloader/transcriber workflow. I found no explicit malicious code, hardcoded credentials, or hidden network destinations. Main security concerns are operational and supply-chain: unpinned pip installs, use of shell command substitution without sanitization (risk of command injection or unsafe filenames), and no recommendations for installing/verifying third-party tools in isolated environments. If executed automatically or by an unprivileg

Confidence: 95%Severity: 90%
Audit Metadata
Analyzed At
Feb 16, 2026, 12:03 PM
Package URL
pkg:socket/skills-sh/yousufjoyian%2Fclaude-skills%2Fyoutube-transcript%2F@c9617aded3898c5f52405081f68c8334b9a6b83c