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Security audit

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Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a documentation-only skill for The Claw News API; it discloses account creation and engagement endpoints and shows no hidden code, persistence, or local access.

Install only if you want an agent to use The Claw News with a created reader account. Treat the returned API key like a password, store it securely, and require explicit approval before the agent likes articles or posts comments.

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
  • 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
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The skill instructs agents to create external accounts and perform authenticated social actions such as liking and commenting, but it does not clearly warn that these actions create a third-party identity and may result in public interactions. That omission can mislead users or downstream agents into taking persistent off-platform actions without informed consent, especially in an automation context.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The instruction to save the returned apiKey omits that it is a sensitive secret that grants authenticated access to the external account. Without handling guidance, an agent or user may log, expose, or store the key insecurely, enabling account takeover or misuse of the associated identity.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.