ToolTrust
C25/100
Smithery

youtube

mcpsmithery

@Smithery

YouTube is a video-sharing platform with user-generated content, live streaming, and monetization opportunities, widely used for marketing, education, and entertainment

By Smithery | 31 findings | Scanned 6/3/2026 | tooltrust-scanner/v0.3.13

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Risk Summary

Needs Approval

Dep Visibility plus Excessive Permissions raises enough risk that this tool should not be auto-trusted.

Potential impact: This finding indicates the tool should be reviewed before it is trusted.

Recommended action: Keep this tool behind manual approval and avoid unattended runs until the risky capabilities are narrowed or removed.

Suggested policy: keep this tool behind manual approval, do not allow unattended runs, and re-scan after narrowing risky permissions.

Security Findings (31)

  • HighAS-002

    ⚠️Excessive Permissions ×5

    tool declares network permission

    YOUTUBE_LOAD_CAPTIONSYOUTUBE_SEARCH_YOU_TUBEYOUTUBE_UPDATE_THUMBNAIL

    tool declares exec permission

    YOUTUBE_UPDATE_VIDEOYOUTUBE_UPLOAD_VIDEO

    Fix: Tool requests broad permissions (exec/fs/network). Validate input parameters using Enums where possible, and restrict file system operations to explicit allowed directories.

  • MediumAS-002

    ⚠️Excessive Permissions ×4

    tool declares db permission

    YOUTUBE_SEARCH_YOU_TUBE

    tool declares fs permission

    YOUTUBE_UPDATE_THUMBNAILYOUTUBE_UPDATE_VIDEOYOUTUBE_UPLOAD_VIDEO

    Fix: Tool requests broad permissions (exec/fs/network). Validate input parameters using Enums where possible, and restrict file system operations to explicit allowed directories.

  • LowAS-002

    ⚠️Excessive Permissions

    YOUTUBE_LOAD_CAPTIONS:tool declares http permission

    Fix: Tool requests broad permissions (exec/fs/network). Validate input parameters using Enums where possible, and restrict file system operations to explicit allowed directories.

  • LowAS-011

    ℹ️Missing Rate-Limit / Timeout ×5

    tool performs network or execution operations but declares no rate-limit, timeout, or retry configuration

    YOUTUBE_LOAD_CAPTIONSYOUTUBE_SEARCH_YOU_TUBEYOUTUBE_UPDATE_THUMBNAILYOUTUBE_UPDATE_VIDEOYOUTUBE_UPLOAD_VIDEO

    Fix: Declare explicit rate-limit, timeout, and retry configuration for all network and execution tools. Implement exponential back-off and surface resource state to the calling agent.

  • InfoAS-014

    ℹ️Dependency Inventory Unavailable ×16

    Tool did not expose metadata.dependencies or repo_url, so supply-chain coverage is limited.

    YOUTUBE_GET_CHANNEL_ACTIVITIESYOUTUBE_GET_CHANNEL_ID_BY_HANDLEYOUTUBE_GET_CHANNEL_STATISTICSYOUTUBE_GET_VIDEO_DETAILS_BATCHYOUTUBE_LIST_CAPTION_TRACKYOUTUBE_LIST_CHANNEL_VIDEOSYOUTUBE_LIST_PLAYLIST_ITEMSYOUTUBE_LIST_USER_PLAYLISTSYOUTUBE_LIST_USER_SUBSCRIPTIONSYOUTUBE_LOAD_CAPTIONSYOUTUBE_SEARCH_YOU_TUBEYOUTUBE_SUBSCRIBE_CHANNELYOUTUBE_UPDATE_THUMBNAILYOUTUBE_UPDATE_VIDEOYOUTUBE_UPLOAD_VIDEOYOUTUBE_VIDEO_DETAILS

    Fix: Review and remediate the identified issue.

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