Caveat verdict
keep-me-update
Fetches RSS feeds and runs web searches to generate a daily tech news digest; process execution is limited to Python RSS parsing scripts with no credential exfiltration.
⚠ Flagged for review — coarse, uncorroborated signal, not a confirmed exploit. Review the config yourself before installing.
Automated static analysis — not a human review. Caveat flags capabilities, not confirmed intent, and can produce false positives. Disagree with this verdict? Use Dispute below.
Findings (5)
Pipe-to-shell pattern (curl | sh) — supply chain attack vector
README.md · code · curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/main/scri
Pipe to bash — executes piped content as shell commands
README.md · code · | bash
subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python
SKILL.md · code · subprocess.run(
Writes to SKILL.md — self-modifying skill
skill-card.md · prose · downgraded · SKILL.md agents to create current tech, AI, and developer news digests with sour
Python urllib.request — network access
scripts/rss_fetch.py · prose · downgraded · urllib.request
Why the tier is capped
Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class A/D). Final tier capped at Caution — cannot be lifted by any downgrade, example-payload opt-in, or allowlist.
Permissions & capabilities
No declared permissions — minimal attack surface.
file_readprocess_exec Is this flag fair?
Thanks — recorded.