Claude Mythos — AI Chat
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Risk Score
4.53
Risk Level:
Medium
Recommendation:
🟡 MEDIUM RISK — review
Top Risks
- Brand impersonation: uses 'Claude' (Anthropic's trademark) without being affiliated — confirmed by brand_mention.
- Privacy policy is Google's generic account policy; not scoped to this extension, admits data collection and 3rd-party sharing.
- Free-webmail dev (gmail), no developer name, no verified publisher — unaccountable operator.
- install_url_hijack: onInstalled redirects to mythos5.app/welcome, a third-party URL.
- dom_sink_innerhtml_userctrl in sidepanel.js with no CSP present — DOM-XSS risk elevated.
Evidence
- brand_impersonation store brand_mention.is_impersonation=true; 'Claude' mentioned but dev is gmail user, confirmed_owner=false.
- generic_privacy_policy store Privacy URL is Google account policy; scope_extension=false, data_collection=true, third_party_sharing=true.
- no_developer_name store developer_name is empty string; free-webmail gmail dev; no verified publisher badge.
- install_url_hijack manifest onInstalled opens https://mythos5.app/welcome — third-party redirect on install.
- dom_xss_sink_no_csp crx innerHTML sink in sidepanel.js; csp_present=false elevates to +2.0 code quality risk.
- ai_extension_page_content store AI chat extension processing user content via mythos5.app backend; +2.5 webstore AI signal.
- no_cve_findings crx cve_findings_raw is empty; no known CVEs in bundled libraries.
- low_install_count store Only 43 installs; extension is very new/obscure, limiting blast radius but also reducing trust signals.
Permissions Breakdown
- sidePanel low Displays a side panel UI; no data access by itself.
- storage low Local extension storage; limited blast radius.
- https://mythos5.app/* low Scoped host permission to developer's own domain only.
Pillar Scores
Permissions0.60
Reputation8.50
Network0.00
Webstore6.00
Maintenance0.00
Privacy10.00
Code Quality2.00
CVE Exposure0.00
Bookkeeping
Rubric v3.6
Scored at 2026-08-31 08:21
Listing SHA
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Force block
— not fired
Score recovered
no
Elapsed
—