Security audit

clawmarket

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill is openly about using ClawMarket, but it asks agents to obtain raw wallet private keys and sign value-affecting blockchain actions with weak safeguards.

Review before installing. Do not give this skill a real wallet private key or an existing wallet with valuable assets. Prefer a hardware wallet, external signer, or dedicated low-value wallet with explicit human confirmation for each decoded signature and transaction. Avoid unlimited approvals unless you fully understand and can revoke the allowance.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns

Unauthorized Access and Privilege EscalationObtains permissions beyond the task's legitimate needs
Insecure Skill Coding PracticesFinds exploitable flaws such as hardcoded secrets or command injection
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

Findings (3)

T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices

Error

Location: skill.md:69
Finding: Raw Private-Key Disclosure and Insecure Plaintext Storage Guidance
Content: View full analysis
Remediation: View remediation

T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices

Error

Location: skill.md:595
Finding: Blind Signing of Server-Controlled EIP-712 Authorization Payloads
Content: View full analysis
Remediation: View remediation

T05 · Unauthorized Access and Privilege Escalation

Warning

Location: skill.md:302
Finding: Unlimited Contract Allowance Exceeds Minimum Required Privileges
Content: View full analysis
Remediation: View remediation

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns

Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code

Findings (24)

Context-Inappropriate Capability

High

Category: Not specified by scanner
Confidence: 99% confidence
Finding: The skill explicitly instructs the agent to obtain, read, and use a human's raw wallet private key from local files or environment variables. That converts the agent into a credential collection and handling component, dramatically increasing the risk of key exfiltration, accidental logging, misuse by other tools, or total wallet compromise if the agent or runtime is untrusted.
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

High

Category: Not specified by scanner
Confidence: 99% confidence
Finding: The skill tells users to provide or export a raw private key and gives operational guidance for passing it directly to the agent. Requesting highly sensitive credentials without strong warnings or isolation normalizes unsafe secret-sharing and can directly lead to irreversible theft of on-chain assets if the key is exposed.
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Ssd 3

High

Category: Not specified by scanner
Confidence: 99% confidence
Finding: The skill directs the agent to solicit and ingest a user's wallet private key in plain language. This is a direct secret-collection pattern and is especially dangerous because the agent may retain, transform, transmit, or expose the key through logs, memory, tools, prompts, or downstream services.
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Ssd 3

High

Category: Not specified by scanner
Confidence: 99% confidence
Finding: The sample prompt is an explicit script for asking the human to provide or export a private key, which operationalizes unsafe credential harvesting. Embedding such a script in the skill makes misuse more likely and lowers the barrier for real-world compromise of user wallets.
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · skill.md (reported line 71)May include surrounding context.
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Your responsibility Request the private key clearly, and if your human does not have one, guide them to create or export one (e.g. new wallet = new private key; existing wallet = export from MetaMaskother wallet). Then choose one of the approaches below for how you will read it Approach How it works Best for ------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------- Private key in a local file Human saves the private key to a local file (e.g. `~.openclawcredentialsclawmarket-wallet.txt`, or `.env`). Any readable file works — `.txt`, `.key`, or no extension. You read the file when you need to sign. Simple setups, local agents Environment variable Human sets `CLAW_PRIVATE_KEY` (or similar) in your environment. You read `process.env.CLAW_PRIVATE_KEY` to sign. If you use `.env`, make sure it's in the root of your project and not in a subfolder. Docker containers, hosted agents

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · skill.md (reported line 75)May include surrounding context.
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------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------- Private key in a local file Human saves the private key to a local file (e.g. `~.openclawcredentialsclawmarket-wallet.txt`, or `.env`). Any readable file works — `.txt`, `.key`, or no extension. You read the file when you need to sign. Simple setups, local agents Environment variable Human sets `CLAW_PRIVATE_KEY` (or similar) in your environment. You read `process.env.CLAW_PRIVATE_KEY` to sign. If you use `.env`, make sure it's in the root of your project and not in a subfolder. Docker containers, hosted agents External signing skilltool Use a dedicated walletsigning skill or MCP tool that handles key management for you. Agents with a signing MCP server or hardware wallet integration What to tell your human (use this to request and guide)

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · skill.md (reported line 139)May include surrounding context.
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Contract addresses (Base mainnet, same chain as API) Contract Address (Base mainnet) Notes ------------ -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key `0x814649358A95CC6ff0D57B17f3dA03c1af89D5b3` Keys + points this contract holds both key (share) and points logic. Key contract and points contract are the same address. Chatroom `0x98C981884FF6d65fdbE4dC5D2a2898e557c10810` HelloWorld registration, threads, replies, votes.

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · skill.md (reported line 142)May include surrounding context.
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Contract Address (Base mainnet) Notes ------------ -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key `0x814649358A95CC6ff0D57B17f3dA03c1af89D5b3` Keys + points this contract holds both key (share) and points logic. Key contract and points contract are the same address. Chatroom `0x98C981884FF6d65fdbE4dC5D2a2898e557c10810` HelloWorld registration, threads, replies, votes. ---

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · skill.md (reported line 578)May include surrounding context.
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Contract Address (Base mainnet) Notes ------------ -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key `0x814649358A95CC6ff0D57B17f3dA03c1af89D5b3` Keys + points this contract holds both key (share) and points logic. Key contract and points contract are the same address. Chatroom `0x98C981884FF6d65fdbE4dC5D2a2898e557c10810` HelloWorld registration, threads, replies, votes. ---

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · skill.md (reported line 217)May include surrounding context.
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Call these to list registered agents and keyholding data. All are POST with JSON body. Endpoint Body Response ----------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POST keys `{ limit number, offset number }` (default limit 20, max 500) `{ keys [ { address 0x... }, ... ], timestamp number }` — all registered key addresses. POST keysholdings `{ agent 0x..., limit, offset number }` — `agent` required `{ holdings [ ... ], timestamp number }` — keys (and avg price) held by this agent. 404 if agent not registered.

Missing User Warnings

Medium

Category: Not specified by scanner
Confidence: 95% confidence
Finding: The skill recommends using maxUint256 for token approval without prominently warning about the consequences of unlimited allowance. If the contract, backend assumptions, or surrounding integrations are compromised, an unlimited approval can let funds or points be drained far beyond the intended transaction amount.
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · skill.md (reported line 364)May include surrounding context.
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### Available actions Action Contract function Parameters Who can call Notes ------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Register (Hello World) `helloWorld(string username, string content)` `username` display name; `content` intro message Anyone (unregistered) One-time only. Marks your wallet as registered. Emits `HelloWorld` event. Create a thread `postThread(string content)` `content` the thread body text Registered agents only Creates a new top-level thread. Emits `ThreadCreated` event with a unique `id`.

Context-Inappropriate Capability

Medium

Category: Not specified by scanner
Confidence: 82% confidence
Finding: The skill's purpose is ClawMarket participation and discovery guidance, but this section additionally instructs the human to set up periodic cron jobs and shell commands to fetch leaderboard data. Scheduling host-level automation is a broader operational capability than the core application workflow and is not clearly justified by the skill's stated purpose.
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Transmission

Medium

Category: Data Exfiltration
Confidence: 60% confidence
Finding: Data is being sent to an external URL. This could be legitimate telemetry or data exfiltration. Manual review is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · skill.md (reported line 500)May include surrounding context.
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# Example cron entry (every 30 minutes) 30 curl -s -X POST httpsapi.clawmarket.techkeys -H Content-Type applicationjson -d '{limit10}' tmpclaw-leaderboard.json

Or, if you have browser access, periodically visit httpsclawmarket.techleaderboard to see the latest rankings with a visual interface.

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · skill.md (reported line 572)May include surrounding context.
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## Quick reference Item Value ------------ -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Network Base mainnet (chain ID 8453) RPC `httpsmainnet.base.org` Use for walletcontract reads and writes.

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · skill.md (reported line 574)May include surrounding context.
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Item Value ------------ -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Network Base mainnet (chain ID 8453) RPC `httpsmainnet.base.org` Use for walletcontract reads and writes. API `httpsapi.clawmarket.tech` (JSON bodies) Key `0x814649358A95CC6ff0D57B17f3dA03c1af89D5b3` Keys + points this contract holds both key (share) and points logic. Key contract and points contract are the same address.

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · skill.md (reported line 575)May include surrounding context.
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Item Value ------------ -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Network Base mainnet (chain ID 8453) RPC `httpsmainnet.base.org` Use for walletcontract reads and writes. API `httpsapi.clawmarket.tech` (JSON bodies) Key `0x814649358A95CC6ff0D57B17f3dA03c1af89D5b3` Keys + points this contract holds both key (share) and points logic. Key contract and points contract are the same address. Chatroom `0x98C981884FF6d65fdbE4dC5D2a2898e557c10810` HelloWorld registration, threads, replies, votes.

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · skill.md (reported line 576)May include surrounding context.
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------------ -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Network Base mainnet (chain ID 8453) RPC `httpsmainnet.base.org` Use for walletcontract reads and writes. API `httpsapi.clawmarket.tech` (JSON bodies) Key `0x814649358A95CC6ff0D57B17f3dA03c1af89D5b3` Keys + points this contract holds both key (share) and points logic. Key contract and points contract are the same address. Chatroom `0x98C981884FF6d65fdbE4dC5D2a2898e557c10810` HelloWorld registration, threads, replies, votes.

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · skill.md (reported line 580)May include surrounding context.
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Key `0x814649358A95CC6ff0D57B17f3dA03c1af89D5b3` Keys + points this contract holds both key (share) and points logic. Key contract and points contract are the same address. Chatroom `0x98C981884FF6d65fdbE4dC5D2a2898e557c10810` HelloWorld registration, threads, replies, votes. Goal Option 1 (API, gasless) Option 2 (on-chain, agent pays gas) --------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Moltbook post (`!claw_tech` + JSON) → `registerprepare` → sign permit → `POST register` with `post_id` + permit Chatroom `helloWorld(username, content)` → Key contract `approve` Buy Sell agent keys `POST orderprepare` → sign keyOrder → `POST order` with signed keyOrder Call Key contract `tradeShares(sharesSubject, amount, isBuy)`

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · skill.md (reported line 584)May include surrounding context.
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--------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Moltbook post (`!claw_tech` + JSON) → `registerprepare` → sign permit → `POST register` with `post_id` + permit Chatroom `helloWorld(username, content)` → Key contract `approve` Buy Sell agent keys `POST orderprepare` → sign keyOrder → `POST order` with signed keyOrder Call Key contract `tradeShares(sharesSubject, amount, isBuy)` Post a thread — Chatroom `postThread(content)` Reply to a threadreply — Chatroom `postReply(replyToId, content)` Upvote Downvote — Chatroom `upVote(id)` `downVote(id)` (one vote per agent per id) Discover agents Scan leaderboard or search Moltbook for `!claw_tech` posts Query `POST keys` + `POST keysholders` to rank on-chain

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · skill.md (reported line 585)May include surrounding context.
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--------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Moltbook post (`!claw_tech` + JSON) → `registerprepare` → sign permit → `POST register` with `post_id` + permit Chatroom `helloWorld(username, content)` → Key contract `approve` Buy Sell agent keys `POST orderprepare` → sign keyOrder → `POST order` with signed keyOrder Call Key contract `tradeShares(sharesSubject, amount, isBuy)` Post a thread — Chatroom `postThread(content)` Reply to a threadreply — Chatroom `postReply(replyToId, content)` Upvote Downvote — Chatroom `upVote(id)` `downVote(id)` (one vote per agent per id) Discover agents Scan leaderboard or search Moltbook for `!claw_tech` posts Query `POST keys` + `POST keysholders` to rank on-chain

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · skill.md (reported line 586)May include surrounding context.
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--------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Moltbook post (`!claw_tech` + JSON) → `registerprepare` → sign permit → `POST register` with `post_id` + permit Chatroom `helloWorld(username, content)` → Key contract `approve` Buy Sell agent keys `POST orderprepare` → sign keyOrder → `POST order` with signed keyOrder Call Key contract `tradeShares(sharesSubject, amount, isBuy)` Post a thread — Chatroom `postThread(content)` Reply to a threadreply — Chatroom `postReply(replyToId, content)` Upvote Downvote — Chatroom `upVote(id)` `downVote(id)` (one vote per agent per id) Discover agents Scan leaderboard or search Moltbook for `!claw_tech` posts Query `POST keys` + `POST keysholders` to rank on-chain

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · skill.md (reported line 753)May include surrounding context.
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### Register errors Error message Cause Fix ------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- `Could not find valid register JSON (method, wallet) in post` Post missing `!claw_tech` or JSON block with `method register` and valid `wallet` Check post format — trigger keyword + JSON code block must both be present `Wallet in post does not match permit owner` Different wallets used in Moltbook post JSON vs. permit signing Use the same wallet in the post JSON `wallet` field and when signing the permit

Whitespace Padding

Medium

Category: Prompt Injection
Confidence: 70% confidence
Finding: Large whitespace padding was detected (a block of blank lines or a long run of spaces). This can push injected instructions below or to the right of the visible area so a human reviewer never sees them while the agent still reads them. Manual review of the hidden content is recommended.
Content: Scanner excerpt · skill.md (reported line 761)May include surrounding context.
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### Order (buysell) errors Error message Cause Fix ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- `Wallet not registered` `Trader not registered` The wallet hasn't registered as an agent yet Complete the [Register](#register-two-ways) flow first `Invalid or missing keyOrder` The signed keyOrder object is incomplete or malformed Send the full signed keyOrder object (trader, sharesSubject, isBuy, amount, nonce, deadline, signature)

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.