Security audit
ClawPhylax: did that actually work? All 22 questions
Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk
Overview
This is a transparent Markdown-only guide for installing and using the local ClawPhylax plugin, with no bundled executable code or hidden behavior in the submitted artifact.
Install only if you are comfortable with a local plugin keeping a persistent ledger of agent requests, tool outcomes, and related session history. The submitted skill itself is just Markdown, but it is meant to install and use the separate ClawPhylax plugin.
Vulnerability Patterns
- Skill Instruction HijackingAlters the agent's session goals or safety constraints when the skill loads
- Agent Memory PoisoningWrites attacker-controlled rules into memory that affect later sessions
- Remote Payload Retrieval and ExecutionFetches external code whose behavior can change after review
- Embedded Malicious CodeShips malicious scripts inside the skill and executes them locally
- Unauthorized Access and Privilege EscalationObtains permissions beyond the task's legitimate needs
Vulnerability Patterns
- Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
- Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
- Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
- Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
- Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Static analysis
No suspicious patterns detected.