ClawAudit verdict

toutiao-news-trends

toutiao-hot

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🟠 Risky
Significant concerns — only install if you understand the risks

The skill executes system commands to fetch Toutiao news hot list data, which could potentially be exploited if the input is not properly sanitized.

⚠ Flagged for review — coarse, uncorroborated signal, not a confirmed exploit. Review the config yourself before installing.

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security
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transparency
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maintenance

Findings (3)

Pattern match high

<script> tag in markdown — potential code injection

scripts/generate_html.py · prose · downgraded · <script>

Pattern match medium

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

scripts/fetch-toutiao.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(

Pattern match low

Node http/https module — low-level network access

scripts/toutiao.js · prose · downgraded · require('https')

Why the tier is capped

Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class 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.

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