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Openclaw Auto Dream

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill matches its memory-consolidation purpose, but it needs Review because it persistently processes broad workspace history and has unsafe dashboard and import behavior.

Install only if you want a recurring memory agent that reads and rewrites your memory logs. Review cron scheduling, keep backups, do not import memory bundles from untrusted sources, and avoid opening or publishing generated dashboards unless memory-derived HTML is sanitized.

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Agent Memory PoisoningWrites attacker-controlled rules into memory that affect later sessions
  • 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
  • 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 (3)

T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices

Error
Location
references/dashboard-template.html:182
Finding

Stored Cross-Site Scripting in the Generated Memory Dashboard

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// ===== DATA ===== const D = __DREAM_DATA_PLACEHOLDER__; ``` Memory-derived fields are subsequently inserted into the document through `innerHTML`: ```javascript D.insights.forEach(text => { const match = text.match(/^([\u{1F300}-\u{1FAFF}\u{2600}-\u{27BF}])\s*(.+)/u); const tag = match ? match[1] : '💡'; const body = match ? match[2] : text; list.innerHTML += `
${tag} 洞察
${body}
`; }); D.recentChanges.forEach(c => { list.innerHTML += `
${icons[c.type]||'📝'}
${c.id}
${c.summary}
`; }); D.suggestions.forEach(s => { list.innerHTML += `
${s}
`; }); D.staleEntries.forEach(s => { list.innerHTML += `
${s.id}
${s.summary}
${s.daysSinceReferenced}天未提及
`; }); ``` The dashboard-refresh workflow explicitly inserts memory data into this template: ```markdown If memory/dashboard.html exists, regenerate it with latest data from MEMORY.md and dream-log.md. Use references/dashboard-template.html as the base, inject real data replacing __DREAM_DATA_PLACEHOLDER__. ``` ### Technical Analysis The dashboard treats memory-derived values as trusted HTML. Fields such as insights, suggestions, change summaries, and stale-entry summaries can originate from daily logs or imported memory bundles. They are interpolated into HTML strings and assigned through `innerHTML` without HTML escaping or sanitization. There are two associated injection surfac ...[truncated 2860 chars]
Remediation
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` block. Store data in a non-executable element: ```html ``` Serialize with a real JSON encoder and escape at least `<`, `>`, `&`, U+2028, and U+2029 before insertion. 2. Replace all `innerHTML` concatenation with DOM construction and `textContent`: ```javascript const item = document.createElement('div'); item.className = 'suggestion'; item.textContent = s; list.appendChild(item); ``` 3. Validate the complete dashboard data object against a strict schema. Require expected primitive types, bound string lengths, and allowlisted values for fields such as `type` and `layer`. 4. If limited formatting is necessary, process content through a maintained HTML sanitizer configured with a minimal allowlist. Do not allow scripts, event handlers, SVG, `style`, `iframe`, or unsafe URL schemes. 5. Add a restrictive Content Security Policy, preferably through an HTTP response header. For a standalone document, a meta policy is still preferable to having no policy: ```html ``` Move inline JavaScript to a separate trusted file so that `'unsafe-inline'` is not needed for `script-src`. 6. Treat daily logs and migration-bundle fields as untrusted throughout the complete collection, storage, report-generation, and dashboard-rendering pipeline. 7. Add security tests covering HTML tags, event attributes, SVG payloads, quotes, backticks, ``, Unicode separators, and malicious URL schemes. ]]>

T02 · Agent Memory Poisoning

Error
Location
references/migration-cross-instance.md:191
Finding

Imported Procedural Memory Can Persist Attacker-Controlled Agent Instructions

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` IDs 2. Resolve conflicts by `lastReferenced` date 3. Append new entries to the matching section 4. Write merged `memory/procedures.md` ``` The imported destination is explicitly intended to store operational instructions and tool workflows. The corresponding template includes: ```markdown ## 🔧 Tool Workflows ## ⚡ Shortcuts & Patterns ``` The import guide acknowledges the trust problem but provides no technical enforcement: ```markdown Do not import from untrusted sources — bundles can contain arbitrary content; treat imported text as untrusted input ``` ### Technical Analysis The migration protocol merges arbitrary procedural text from a bundle directly into `memory/procedures.md`. That file is not merely passive archival data: it is expressly designed to record workflow instructions, tool-use patterns, aliases, and future behavioral preferences. The validation stage only checks the bundle version and whether at least one layer exists. It does not: - Constrain procedural content to passive data. - Detect instruction-like text. - Separate imported claims from trusted agent instructions. - Require confirmation before activating imported workflows. - Record provenance or trust state on individual entries. - Prevent imported text from requesting tool execution, disclosure, or safety bypasses. Consequently, a migration bundle can insert durable instructions that may be loaded as workspace memory in later sessions. This converts a ...[truncated 2017 chars]
Remediation
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T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices

Error
Location
references/migration-cross-instance.md:199
Finding

Unvalidated Episode Names Permit Path Traversal During Bundle Import

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", "metadata": { "lines": 88, "lastModified": "2026-03-25" } } } } ``` The import procedure then instructs the agent to write each episode directly: ```markdown #### episodic (episodes/) merge For each episode file in the bundle: - If the file does NOT exist locally → write it directly (new episode) - If the file already exists locally: - Episodes are append-only: append any timeline/decision/lesson entries from the bundle that are not already present (compare by content hash or full line match) - Never overwrite or remove existing episode content - Log appended entries in the import report ``` The validation procedure only checks the version and presence of a layer. It does not constrain episode keys to the documented kebab-case filename convention or verify the canonical destination path before writing. ### Technical Analysis Episode names function as filenames during restoration, but the protocol does not define an allowlist, reject path separators, or perform canonical-path containment checks. A malicious bundle can therefore use an episode key such as: ```text ../../MEMORY ``` or an absolute/path-like value. If an implementation follows the documented direct-write procedure by joining the key with `memory/episodes/` and appending `.md`, traversal components can escape the intended episode directory. The skill's stated safety boundary is to read and write only `memory/` and `MEMORY.md`. An unresolved traversal path can violate that boundary and targ ...[truncated 2313 chars]
Remediation
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.md ``` 3. Resolve the canonical destination and verify containment: ```python base = Path("memory/episodes").resolve() target = (base / f"{stem}.md").resolve() if target.parent != base: raise ValueError("Invalid episode path") ``` 4. Reject symbolic-link destinations and consider opening files with no-follow semantics where supported. 5. Define strict limits for episode count, individual content size, and total imported size to prevent storage exhaustion. 6. Validate the complete migration bundle against a formal JSON Schema with `additionalProperties: false` where practical. 7. Display all resolved output paths to the user before performing any import writes. 8. Add tests for `../`, `..\`, absolute paths, drive-letter paths, encoded traversal, repeated separators, null bytes, trailing dots, symlink escapes, and Unicode slash-like characters. ]]>
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
  • MCP Tool PoisoningHidden Instructions, Unicode Deception, Parameter Description Injection
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
Findings (35)

Hidden Instructions

High
Category
Prompt Injection
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Hidden instructions were detected in comments or invisible text. These could contain malicious directives. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 87)May include surrounding context.

md
Read unconsolidated daily logs. Extract decisions, facts, progress, lessons, and todos.

### Step 2: Consolidate
Compare with MEMORY.md → append new content, update existing, skip duplicates. Write workflow preferences to procedures.md. Mark processed daily logs with `<!-- consolidated -->`.

### Step 2.8: Stale Thread Detection
Scan Open Threads for items stale >14 days. Include top 3 in notification with context.

Hidden Instructions

High
Category
Prompt Injection
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Hidden instructions were detected in comments or invisible text. These could contain malicious directives. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/dream-prompt-lite.md (reported line 10)May include surrounding context.

text
ls memory/????-??-??.md → find files from last 3 days
Check each file's end for <!-- consolidated -->
If all processed or no files → go to Step 0-B (Skip With Recall)

Hidden Instructions

High
Category
Prompt Injection
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Hidden instructions were detected in comments or invisible text. These could contain malicious directives. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/dream-prompt.md (reported line 20)May include surrounding context.

md
### 1.1 Scan daily logs

List all `memory/YYYY-MM-DD.md` files. Identify files from the **last 7 days** that do NOT end with `<!-- consolidated -->`.

### 1.2 Read unconsolidated files

Missing User Warnings

High
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
97% confidence
Finding

The forgetting-curve step allows compression, movement, and archival of older entries based on heuristics, changing the shape and location of user data without a clear warning or approval gate. Because this can prune or summarize content automatically, mistakes in scoring or matching could silently discard important context from primary memory files.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Hidden Instructions

High
Category
Prompt Injection
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Hidden instructions were detected in comments or invisible text. These could contain malicious directives. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/first-dream-prompt.md (reported line 19)May include surrounding context.

PROCEDURES = wc -l memory/procedures.md (0 if missing) OPEN_THREADS = grep -c "^- [" on the "Open Threads" section (0 if missing) DAILY_LOGS = ls memory/????-??-??.md | wc -l UNCONSOLIDATED = count files WITHOUT EPISODES = ls memory/episodes/*.md 2>/dev/null | wc -l

text

Ssd 3

High
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
97% confidence
Finding

The skill explicitly directs persistent collection of decisions, lessons, todos, and workflow preferences from daily logs into long-term memory. Persistent retention of broad conversational history and preferences creates substantial privacy and security risk if the memory store is later queried, shared, or compromised.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Hidden Instructions

High
Category
Prompt Injection
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Hidden instructions were detected in comments or invisible text. These could contain malicious directives. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/memory-template.md (reported line 17)May include surrounding context.

md
---

## 🧠 Core Identity
<!-- Agent identity, name, purpose, personality -->

## 👤 User
<!-- User info, preferences, communication style -->

Hidden Instructions

High
Category
Prompt Injection
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Hidden instructions were detected in comments or invisible text. These could contain malicious directives. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/migration-v1-to-v2.md (reported line 14)May include surrounding context.

md
| Scoring | None | Importance scoring with forgetting curve |
| Health tracking | None | 0–100 health score |
| Entry IDs | None | `mem_NNN` with cross-references |
| User markers | `⚠️ PERMANENT` only | `⚠️ PERMANENT`, `🔥 HIGH`, `📌 PIN`, `<!-- important -->` |
| Dream report | Simple stats | Full report with health, changes, suggestions |

## Migration steps

Hidden Instructions

High
Category
Prompt Injection
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Hidden instructions were detected in comments or invisible text. These could contain malicious directives. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/migration-v2-to-v3.md (reported line 23)May include surrounding context.

md
| Scoring | None | Importance scoring with forgetting curve |
| Health tracking | None | 0–100 health score (4 metrics) |
| Entry IDs | None | `mem_NNN` with cross-references |
| User markers | `⚠️ PERMANENT` only | `⚠️ PERMANENT`, `🔥 HIGH`, `📌 PIN`, `<!-- important -->` |
| Dream report | Simple stats | Full report with health, changes, suggestions |

### Migration steps

Hidden Instructions

High
Category
Prompt Injection
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

Hidden instructions were detected in comments or invisible text. These could contain malicious directives. Manual review is recommended.

Content

Scanner excerpt · references/migration-v2-to-v3.md (reported line 113)May include surrounding context.

md
1. The new files (`procedures.md`, `episodes/`, `index.json`) don't interfere with v1
2. Simply switch the cron payload back to the v1 dream prompt
3. MEMORY.md is unchanged in format — v1 can still read it
4. Remove `<!-- mem_NNN -->` comments if desired (cosmetic only)

### Compatibility notes (v1/v2)

Intent-Code Divergence

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The skill claims a strict file-access scope limited to memory/ and MEMORY.md, but earlier steps require reading daily logs, reference prompts, and potentially other workspace artifacts such as 'Open Threads'. This mismatch weakens trust boundaries and can cause the agent to access more data than the safety section promises, increasing the risk of unintended data exposure or over-collection.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
97% confidence
Finding

The document declares lang="zh-CN", and the template text is entirely Chinese, indicating the skill output is fixed to a specific language/locale. The file does not provide any user opt-in, language selection, or documented region-specific justification for this restriction.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
99% confidence
Finding

The template formats timestamps with toLocaleString('zh-CN', {timeZone:'Asia/Shanghai'}), which enforces a specific language and regional timezone regardless of user preference. This is a natural-language/locale policy concern because the file does not indicate user opt-in or a justified regional limitation.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The instruction to detect the user's preferred language from workspace context forces inference from repository content rather than obtaining direct user preference. This can cause privacy leakage from unrelated workspace data and may lead the agent to use an unintended language based on incidental files or sensitive context.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

The skill directs the agent to modify multiple files, append markers, and archive logs automatically, but the skill description does not clearly warn users that invoking this capability will perform write and move operations. That creates a transparency and consent problem: a user may expect summarization but instead trigger persistent state changes and file reorganization across the workspace.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The dashboard refresh step instructs the agent to regenerate and overwrite memory/dashboard.html whenever it exists, without an explicit user warning or confirmation. Even if intended for maintenance, this can clobber manual edits or inject stale/incorrect derived content into an existing dashboard file unexpectedly.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

These instructions authorize broad modification of core memory files, creation of backups, and marking source logs as consolidated without requiring an explicit user-facing warning or confirmation. In a memory skill, silent state changes can lead to unintended data alteration and loss of user trust, especially if the agent runs automatically.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
88% confidence
Finding

The log-rotation behavior moves older dream-log content into archive files without clearly warning the user that log history will be relocated. Even if data is preserved, silent movement of audit/history records can reduce transparency and make troubleshooting or review harder.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Context-Inappropriate Capability

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
93% confidence
Finding

The manifest describes a cognitive memory architecture that consolidates logs into long-term memory and notifications. At L211, the instructions explicitly permit using an exec shell heredoc to write the dream log, which introduces command-execution capability beyond what is obviously required for memory consolidation itself.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Natural-Language Policy Violations

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding

Forcing language detection from workspace context and requiring output in that language removes user choice and uses contextual inference that may be inaccurate or privacy-invasive. While not severe on its own, it can contribute to unexpected processing of workspace content and user profiling.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Description-Behavior Mismatch

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
90% confidence
Finding

The prompt instructs the agent to read unconsolidated daily logs, extract workflow preferences, project history, and produce a personalized reflection from historical material. That is broader than minimal memory consolidation and can expose or profile sensitive historical user data without a clear consent checkpoint or scope limit.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
92% confidence
Finding

The instructions direct reading and summarizing historical logs and memory files, including decisions, lessons, todos, and workflow preferences, without a user-facing warning or approval step. This can surprise users and lead to processing of sensitive historical content beyond what they reasonably expect.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding

The skill modifies MEMORY.md, procedures files, and appends consolidation markers to logs without instructing the agent to notify the user first. Silent modification of long-term memory artifacts can corrupt records, alter auditability, or store unwanted sensitive information.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Description-Behavior Mismatch

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The report text claims daily auto-consolidation is set up and that cron delivery will push future reports, but the procedure shown does not actually configure scheduling or delivery. This is a deceptive capability claim that can mislead users about ongoing background collection and notification behavior.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Intent-Code Divergence

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
97% confidence
Finding

The text tells the user that daily auto-consolidation is now set up and scheduled, but no corresponding implementation steps are provided. This creates false expectations about autonomous operation and may cause users to believe their data is being processed or monitored on a schedule when it is not.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.