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Security audit

node-connect

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

ClawScan marks this skill suspicious because it reports device-pairing approvals that can change authorization state, including a command described as preview-only; the scan is partial.

Consider the reported pairing-approval behavior carefully before installing. In particular, the scan says the `--latest` command is not read-only despite being described as a preview. The verdict is suspicious, not malicious. Coverage is incomplete because a referenced local path was missing, so the scan does not establish that all related material was inspected.

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
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
Findings (3)

Description-Behavior Mismatch

High
Category
MCP Tool Poisoning
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

Device listing and node status checks support the declared diagnostic purpose. However, openclaw devices approve <requestId> performs a state-changing approval not disclosed by that purpose. The comment describing approve --latest as preview-only does not establish that behavior, and the explicit request-ID approval command independently demonstrates the mismatch.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

L102 and L107 describe `devices approve --latest` as preview-only, but the command approves the latest pending pairing request.

High
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
98% confidence
Finding

The skill incorrectly presents devices approve --latest as a read-only preview, although it approves the latest pending request. An agent following this sequence could authorize an unintended or attacker-controlled device before performing the exact-request approval; subsequent identity checks cannot undo that authorization.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Autonomous Decision Making

Medium
Category
Excessive Agency
Confidence
75% confidence
Finding

Skill enables autonomous high-impact decisions without human-in-the-loop verification. Critical operations (destructive commands, financial transactions, data deletion) should require explicit user confirmation.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 102)May include surrounding context.

bash
openclaw devices list
openclaw devices approve --latest   # preview only; exits without approval
openclaw devices approve <requestId>
openclaw nodes status