Security audit

Skill Preflight

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a local SKILL.md preflight checker with a real validation bug, but its behavior is disclosed, purpose-aligned, and does not show malicious or high-impact authority.

Install only if you want a lightweight local preflight helper. Treat ok:true as a convenience signal, not a security guarantee, until the YAML/frontmatter parsing bug is fixed with proper hierarchy-aware validation.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns

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
Embedded Malicious CodeShips malicious scripts inside the skill and executes them locally

Findings (1)

T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices

Warning

Location: scripts/preflight.py:43
Finding: Required dependency declaration validation can be bypassed
Content: View full analysis
` checks are then created. If all other checks pass, the final `all()` validation gate can emit `ok: true`, even though `metadata.openclaw.requires.bins` is absent. This is a fail-open validation flaw and contradicts the documented outcome contract that `ok:true` means every specified manifest check passed. ### Attack Path 1. An attacker or Skill ...[truncated 1298 chars]
Remediation: View remediation

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns

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
Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code

Findings (2)

Ae1

High

Category: analysis-evasion
Confidence: 100% confidence
Finding: Referenced artifact was not completely inspected
Content: Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 16)May include surrounding context.
md
`SKILL.md` passed *every* check below — nothing more, nothing less.

Vague Triggers

Medium

Category: Not specified by scanner
Confidence: 91% confidence
Finding: The listed natural-language triggers include phrases like "check my skill before publishing" and "validate this SKILL.md," which are fairly broad and do not define clear activation boundaries or exclusions. The file does not provide negative examples or narrower scope constraints for when these phrases should or should not invoke the skill.
Content: No source excerpt is available for this finding.