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Security audit

Keenable Web Search

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a straightforward web-search skill that sends search queries to Keenable's public endpoint and does not show hidden persistence, credential use, destructive actions, or unrelated behavior.

Install only if you are comfortable sending your search queries and filters to Keenable's public search service. Avoid putting secrets, private internal details, personal data, or regulated information into searches unless you have reviewed Keenable's handling of that data.

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
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • MCP Least PrivilegeUnderdeclared Capability, Wildcard Permission, Missing Permission Declaration
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
Findings (6)

Undeclared Tool Scope

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

The skill invokes a bundled Python script that performs outbound network access, but the manifest does not declare any explicit tool scope or permission boundary. This creates a transparency and governance gap: users and host systems cannot easily tell that activating the skill will transmit data off-system to a third-party endpoint.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Shadow Command Trigger

Medium
Category
Trigger Abuse
Confidence
82% confidence
Finding

The trigger search online is close to a common built-in search command, creating a shadowing risk where this third-party skill may intercept requests intended for the platform's native tool. In context, that matters because the skill performs external network requests to a specific vendor endpoint, changing data flow and trust assumptions without a clear boundary.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Shadow Command Trigger

Medium
Category
Trigger Abuse
Confidence
80% confidence
Finding

The trigger find sources overlaps with common assistant behavior and may conflict with built-in discovery or retrieval commands. This increases the chance of unintended activation and external query transmission, especially in normal research-oriented conversations where the user did not knowingly opt into a third-party endpoint.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

Several triggers are broad everyday phrases like research, news, look it up, and web search, which can cause accidental invocation in unrelated conversations. When a networked skill auto-activates too easily, sensitive user prompts or internal context may be sent externally without deliberate user intent.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

The skill description emphasizes that it is keyless and easy to use, but does not prominently warn that user search terms are transmitted to an external public endpoint. This is dangerous because users may include confidential, regulated, or proprietary information in queries under the mistaken assumption that the operation is local.

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 · scripts/search.py (reported line 19)May include surrounding context.

python
import urllib.error
import urllib.request

SEARCH_URL = "https://api.keenable.ai/v1/search/public"
APP_TITLE = "OpenClaw Skill"  # attribution tag for keyless traffic (X-Keenable-Title)

_PARAMS = ("site", "published_after", "published_before", "acquired_after", "acquired_before")

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.