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Baidu Chinese Search

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This is a coherent Baidu search skill, but users should protect the Baidu API key they configure for it.

Install only if you are comfortable sending your search queries to Baidu and using a Baidu API key. Store the key carefully, keep the OpenClaw config private, avoid sharing logs or screenshots that reveal it, and rotate the key if it may have been exposed.

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
references/apikey-fetch.md:18
Finding

Plaintext API Key Storage in OpenClaw Configuration

Content
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Remediation
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SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Rogue AgentSelf-Modification, Session Persistence
  • 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 (5)

Undeclared Tool Scope

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
82% confidence
Finding

The skill declares that it requires an environment variable and inherently performs outbound network access, but it does not explicitly declare a tool scope such as permissions or allowed-tools. This creates a trust and review gap: operators cannot easily constrain what the skill is allowed to access, and a networked skill handling API credentials is more dangerous when its execution boundaries are implicit rather than explicit.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Session Persistence

Medium
Category
Rogue Agent
Confidence
60% confidence
Finding

Skill establishes unauthorized persistence across sessions via cron jobs, startup scripts, or state files. Session persistence allows an attacker to maintain access beyond the current interaction.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/apikey-fetch.md (reported line 11)May include surrounding context.

md
Visit: **https://console.bce.baidu.com/ai-search/qianfan/ais/console/apiKey**

- Log in to your Baidu Cloud account
- Create an application or view existing API keys
- Copy your **API Key** (only API Key is needed)

### 2. Configure OpenClaw

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The guide instructs users to store a live API key in a local JSON config file but gives no warning about credential sensitivity, file permissions, secret rotation, or avoiding accidental disclosure through backups, screenshots, logs, or version control. While this is common operational guidance, it increases the risk of credential exposure if the config file is broadly readable or mishandled.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

External Transmission

Medium
Category
Data Exfiltration
Confidence
80% 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
}

    # 使用POST方法发送JSON数据
    response = requests.post(url, json=requestBody, headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    results = response.json()
    if "code" in results:

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

This code sends the user-provided query content in requestBody to Baidu's external search endpoint via requests.post. While the network call is central to the script's purpose, the file itself provides no clear user-facing disclosure that input data will be transmitted to a third-party service.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.