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reinstall-openclaw

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This is a coherent reinstall guide, but its destructive cleanup and sensitive backup steps need careful review before use.

Install only if you intend a full OpenClaw reinstall and are comfortable reviewing shell commands before running them. Before any uninstall or `rm -rf`, make a verified backup, confirm the exact restore path, restrict backup permissions, and treat the backup as containing secrets such as API keys, gateway tokens, memory, identity files, and prior agent state.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • 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
Findings (2)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding
The skill includes destructive uninstall and deletion steps such as uninstalling packages and removing ~/.openclaw directories, but it does not prominently warn that backup failure, partial backup, or restore errors can permanently destroy user data. In a reinstall workflow this is contextually relevant, but the lack of explicit irreversible-loss warnings increases the chance of operator error and unintended data loss.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding
The backup instructions explicitly tell users to copy credentials, tokens, API keys, device identity files, and memory data into a backup directory under the home folder without warning that these artifacts are sensitive secrets. This can lead to credential exposure through weak filesystem permissions, accidental syncing, or later exfiltration from an unprotected backup.

VirusTotal

47/47 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.