T08 · Insecure Dependencies
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SKILL.md:45- Finding
Unpinned Third-Party Plugin Is Granted Credentialed Shopify Access
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Vulnerability Details
File Location:
SKILL.md, lines 45–47 and 69–75
Vulnerability Type: Unpinned and unauditable third-party dependency
Risk Level: HighVulnerable Code
bash openclaw plugins install clawhub:clawlink-plugin openclaw config set tools.alsoAllow '["clawlink-plugin"]' --strict-json openclaw gateway restartmarkdown **No API key is required in chat.** ClawLink stores the OAuth token securely and injects it into every Shopify Admin API request on the user's behalf. ### Getting Connected 1. Install the ClawLink plugin (see Install above). 2. Pair the plugin with `clawlink_begin_pairing` if it is not configured yet. 3. Open https://claw-link.dev/dashboard?add=shopify and connect Shopify.Technical Analysis
The skill instructs users to install
clawlink-pluginby a mutable package name without specifying an immutable version, cryptographic checksum, or signed artifact. It then explicitly adds that plugin to OpenClaw's tool allowlist and restarts the gateway, activating the newly installed component.The plugin implementation, dependency lock data, and artifact integrity metadata are not included in the audited project. Consequently, its code, transitive dependencies, update behavior, permissions, and credential-handling implementation cannot be verified from this repository.
The external component is trusted to store or mediate Shopify OAuth credentials and proxy authenticated Shopify Admin API operations. This creates a supply-chain trust boundary in which compromise of the registry entry, publisher account, distributed artifact, or an automatically selected future release could introduce malicious code after this skill has been reviewed.
Attack Path
- An attacker compromises the plugin publisher account, package registry entry, distribution infrastructure, or a dependency used by
clawlink-plugin. - The attacker publishes a malicious release under the same mutable package name.
- A user follow ...[truncated 1411 chars]
- An attacker compromises the plugin publisher account, package registry entry, distribution infrastructure, or a dependency used by
- Remediation
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Remediation Suggestions
- Pin the plugin to a reviewed, immutable version rather than installing it solely by package name.
- Require verification using a cryptographic digest, signed release, or equivalent integrity mechanism before installation.
- Publish or vendor the exact plugin source, dependency manifest, and lockfile so the component and its transitive dependencies can be audited.
- Configure dependency updates to require explicit review rather than automatically accepting the latest release.
- Verify publisher identity and artifact signatures, and fail closed if provenance or integrity validation fails.
- Request only the minimum Shopify OAuth scopes necessary for the user's requested operation.
- Document token encryption, storage location, retention, rotation, revocation, and proxy endpoint behavior.
- Isolate the plugin using sandboxing and restricted filesystem, network, process, and secret access.
- Require independent, explicit authorization for destructive, financial, billing, webhook, and bulk operations even after the plugin has been connected.
- Provide a documented revocation and incident-response procedure covering Shopify OAuth tokens, ClawLink sessions, and installed plugin artifacts.