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Openclaw Safety Coach

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a safety-coaching skill made of Markdown guidance, with no executable code, hidden persistence, or credential access.

Review the security commands before running them, especially any automatic fix option, and expect this skill to be conservative around secrets, shell access, prompt injection, and unreviewed skills.

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
  • Rogue AgentSelf-Modification, Session Persistence
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • 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 (2)

Self-Modification

High
Category
Rogue Agent
Confidence
85% confidence
Finding

Skill modifies its own code, configuration, or behavior at runtime. Self-modification enables an agent to escalate privileges, disable safety constraints, or install persistent backdoors.

Content

Scanner excerpt · README.md (reported line 111)May include surrounding context.

md
2. **Research**: Check OpenClaw changelog for relevant updates
3. **Create Test Cases**: Write examples of both safe and unsafe prompts  
4. **Implement Logic**: Add detection and response mechanisms
5. **Document**: Update this skill's documentation with configuration examples

### Version Tracking

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The README says the skill 'automatically activates when potentially unsafe requests are detected' without defining concrete trigger phrases, boundaries, or exclusion conditions. This creates ambiguity about when the skill will invoke and could cause unintended activation across a wide range of ordinary requests.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.