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taskwarrior

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a disclosed workspace-local Taskwarrior helper, with task data kept under the current workspace and no hidden execution or exfiltration behavior found.

Before installing, be aware that this skill will create and update Taskwarrior files in .openclaw/taskwarrior inside your workspace. Use explicit wording for deletes, purges, global Taskwarrior storage, or bulk changes so the agent does not infer more authority than intended.

A.I.G

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

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Rogue AgentSelf-Modification, Session Persistence
  • 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
Findings (1)

Session Persistence

Medium
Category
Rogue Agent
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding

Skill establishes unauthorized persistence across sessions via cron jobs, startup scripts, or state files. Session persistence allows an attacker to maintain access beyond the current interaction.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 64)May include surrounding context.

md
- `TASKRC=<workspace>/.openclaw/taskwarrior/taskrc`
- (optional) `TASKDATA=<workspace>/.openclaw/taskwarrior/.task`

Never write to global `~/.task` or `~/.taskrc` unless the user explicitly asks to use global storage.

## Core workflow
1) **Check dependency**

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.