Security audit

Workspace Files

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a small, disclosed workspace file helper that can read, list, search, and write files only inside a fixed OpenClaw workspace sandbox.

Install this only if you want an agent to manage text files in the OpenClaw workspace. Review commands before use when writing files, because the helper can create directories and overwrite existing workspace files without an additional confirmation prompt.

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

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
Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep

Findings (3)

Ae1

High

Category: analysis-evasion
Confidence: 100% confidence
Finding: Referenced artifact was not completely inspected
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 31)May include surrounding context.
md
`{baseDir}/scripts/workspace-files.sh search-files "SKILL.md"`

Ae1

High

Category: analysis-evasion
Confidence: 100% confidence
Finding: Referenced artifact was not completely inspected
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 67)May include surrounding context.
md
`{baseDir}/scripts/workspace-files.sh search-files "SKILL.md"`

Missing User Warnings

Medium

Category: Not specified by scanner
Confidence: 87% confidence
Finding: The write-file command creates parent directories and writes directly to the target path, potentially overwriting existing files. Although it prints a success message afterward, there is no prior confirmation, cautionary comment, or user-facing warning about this data-modifying action.
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.