Openclaw Auto Updater Litiao

• Outcome: Review
• Latest audit: May 29, 2026 at 9:25 PM UTC
• Version:
  1.0.0

Overview

This skill is transparent about setting up automatic updates, but its default examples can repeatedly change OpenClaw and all installed skills without review each time.

Install only if you intentionally want hands-off OpenClaw maintenance. Start with the dry-run or core-only template, confirm the cron entry after setup, use a maintenance window, and avoid automatic all-skill updates where unexpected behavior changes or third-party skill updates would be costly.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA

Vulnerability Patterns

• Prompt Injection: Instruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
• Data Exfiltration: External Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
• Privilege Escalation: Excessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
• Supply Chain: Unpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
• Excessive Agency: Unrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep

Findings (1)

Missing User Warnings

Medium

• Confidence: 90% confidence
• Finding: The skill prominently provides scheduled auto-update commands that perform system-changing actions (`openclaw update --yes` and `clawdhub update --all`) without an upfront warning that they will modify the installation and may restart services. Because the commands are designed for unattended execution via cron, users may enable recurring changes without fully understanding operational impact, rollback needs, or the trust implications of automatically updating all installed skills.

VirusTotal

64/64 vendors flagged this skill as clean.