T08 · Insecure Dependencies
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SKILL.md:57- Finding
Unpinned npm Package Execution in Installation Instructions
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This skill is a local text compaction and secret-redaction utility with no evidence of hidden network, subprocess, persistence, or destructive behavior.
Reasonable to install if you are comfortable with a local Python helper that reads only files you point it at and may print redacted or compacted content to stdout. For stricter supply-chain hygiene, install with a pinned and trusted clawhub version instead of the documented @latest command.
SKILL.md:57Unpinned npm Package Execution in Installation Instructions
Without declared permissions the skill's intent is opaque and cannot be validated.
The description is broad enough to match many normal agent workflows involving logs, files, long chats, context limits, token savings, or secret redaction. Over-broad activation can cause the skill to be invoked in situations the user did not specifically intend, increasing the chance of unnecessary file processing or disclosure of sensitive local content to the skill's logic.
Using npx clawhub@latest install ... relies on a moving, unpinned package version, which can introduce supply-chain risk if a future clawhub release is compromised or changes behavior unexpectedly. Even though this is only an installation command in documentation, users following it may execute unreviewed code from the latest package version.
Skill's behavior or capabilities extend beyond its stated purpose. Scope creep allows an agent to perform actions unrelated to its documented functionality, increasing the attack surface.
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so.
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