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Security audit

Common-Fetcher

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill’s fetching purpose is clear, but it installs a mutable npm command-line package whose reviewed source and exact version are not included.

Review this before installing in sensitive environments. Prefer a pinned and reviewed npm version, run it with limited filesystem and environment access, and configure allowed sources, schedules, output locations, and retention before enabling automated collection.

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Insecure DependenciesIntroduces malicious components through unsafe dependency sources
  • 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)

T08 · Insecure Dependencies

Warning
Location
SKILL.md:16
Finding

Unpinned and Unauditable npm Package Installation

Content
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Remediation
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Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
  • Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (2)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The skill clearly enables large-scale web/API/RSS collection and even shows scheduled execution in OpenClaw, but the documentation does not warn users that it will contact third-party services, scrape websites, or run recurring fetch jobs. This omission can lead users to enable automated network activity without understanding data collection scope, operational load, policy/compliance implications, or privacy exposure from fetched content.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Low
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
91% confidence
Finding

The skill description and usage guidance are predominantly presented in Chinese, which effectively imposes a language choice on users without any opt-in or explanation of a locale-specific requirement. The policy allows fixed language only when user choice is offered or the regional limitation is clearly justified.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.