Ae1
High
- Category
- analysis-evasion
- Confidence
- 100% confidence
- Finding
Referenced artifact was not completely inspected
- Content
md - Use the existing skill format (`SKILL.md` in skill folder)
Security audit
OpenClaw Skill Builder (Based on Claude)
Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk
Overview
This skill is a straightforward guide for creating and auditing OpenClaw skills, with no hidden code, persistence, credential handling, or external execution behavior.
Before installing, be aware that this meta-skill may activate on broad skill-development wording. It appears safe, but users creating downstream skills should replace generic trigger examples with specific, narrowly scoped phrases and explicit boundaries.
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
- Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
- 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 (3)
Vague Triggers
Medium
- Category
- Not specified by scanner
- Confidence
- 95% confidence
- Finding
The trigger phrases are broad and overlap with normal development or review activities such as creating, improving, or auditing skills. In an agentic environment, this can cause the meta-skill to activate unintentionally, steering unrelated workflows and potentially influencing how other skills are created or modified without explicit user intent.
- Content
Vague Triggers
Medium
- Category
- Not specified by scanner
- Confidence
- 90% confidence
- Finding
The example guidance encourages phrases like 'do X' and 'help with Y', which are overly generic and can propagate poor triggering practices into newly generated skills. Because this is a meta-skill used to create other skills, the weakness can spread across the workspace and increase accidental invocation or scope confusion in multiple downstream skills.
- Content