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Status Page Gen

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

The skill appears to be a legitimate status-page generator, but it deserves review because it encourages persistent background checks, public publishing, and unsafe shared temporary-file use.

Install only if you are comfortable with recurring network checks of your configured services. Prefer local/private hosting over public Gist for internal service status, avoid the provided shared /tmp paths, and do not run the scheduler as root. If enabling cron or LaunchAgent, review ownership and permissions, keep the skill directory protected, and record how to disable the scheduled job.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns
  • System PersistenceInstalls backdoors, hooks, services, or scheduled tasks that survive the run
  • 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
Findings (2)

T06 · System Persistence

Error
Location
SKILL.md:46
Finding

Persistent Scheduled Execution Through Cron and macOS LaunchAgent

Content
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Labelcom.statuspage.check ProgramArguments /bin/bash -c cd ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/status-page-gen && python3 scripts/check_services.py --config assets/services.json --output /tmp/status_check.json && python3 scripts/check_certs.py --config assets/services.json --output /tmp/cert_check.json && python3 scripts/history.py --append /tmp/status_check.json --db assets/history.json && python3 scripts/generate_page.py --services /tmp/status_check.json --certs /tmp/cert_check.json --history assets/history.json --output ~/status.html StartInterval300 RunAtLoad ``` ```bash launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.statuspage.check.plist ``` ### Technical Analysis The documentation directs users to register recurring cron or LaunchAgent jobs. These jobs survive th ...[truncated 2329 chars]
Remediation
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T09 · Insecure Skill Coding Practices

Warning
Location
scripts/check_services.py:258
Finding

Predictable Shared Temporary Files Permit Symlink-Based File Clobbering

Content
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Remediation
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SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns
  • Rogue AgentSelf-Modification, Session Persistence
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • Behavioral ASTexec() Call, eval() Call, Dynamic Import
  • Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
Findings (13)

Vague Triggers

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The trigger list includes very broad phrases such as 'status page', 'uptime', and 'health check', which can cause the skill to activate in situations where the user did not specifically intend to run this monitoring workflow. Unintended activation is more concerning here because the skill performs network probing of configured services and may guide users into scheduled persistence via cron.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Session Persistence

Medium
Category
Rogue Agent
Confidence
85% confidence
Finding

The skill explicitly instructs the user to install a cron job that runs every 5 minutes, creating persistent automated execution. While this is presented as normal monitoring setup, persistence mechanisms increase risk because they can continuously perform network activity and keep unsafe behavior active after the initial invocation.

Content

Scanner excerpt · SKILL.md (reported line 46)May include surrounding context.

3. Schedule updates (cron)

Add to crontab (crontab -e):

text
*/5 * * * * cd ~/.openclaw/workspace/skills/status-page-gen && \

Session Persistence

Medium
Category
Rogue Agent
Confidence
85% 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/setup-guide.md (reported line 95)May include surrounding context.

Run every 5 minutes:

bash
crontab -e

Add:

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/setup-guide.md (reported line 110)May include surrounding context.

macOS LaunchAgent

Alternatively, use a macOS LaunchAgent for more reliable scheduling. Create ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.statuspage.check.plist:

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

Session Persistence

Medium
Category
Rogue Agent
Confidence
75% 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/setup-guide.md (reported line 110)May include surrounding context.

macOS LaunchAgent

Alternatively, use a macOS LaunchAgent for more reliable scheduling. Create ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.statuspage.check.plist:

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

Session Persistence

Medium
Category
Rogue Agent
Confidence
75% 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/setup-guide.md (reported line 114)May include surrounding context.

macOS LaunchAgent

Alternatively, use a macOS LaunchAgent for more reliable scheduling. Create ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.statuspage.check.plist:

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

Session Persistence

Medium
Category
Rogue Agent
Confidence
75% 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/setup-guide.md (reported line 115)May include surrounding context.

macOS LaunchAgent

Alternatively, use a macOS LaunchAgent for more reliable scheduling. Create ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.statuspage.check.plist:

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

Session Persistence

Medium
Category
Rogue Agent
Confidence
75% 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/setup-guide.md (reported line 127)May include surrounding context.

macOS LaunchAgent

Alternatively, use a macOS LaunchAgent for more reliable scheduling. Create ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.statuspage.check.plist:

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

Session Persistence

Medium
Category
Rogue Agent
Confidence
75% 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/setup-guide.md (reported line 132)May include surrounding context.

macOS LaunchAgent

Alternatively, use a macOS LaunchAgent for more reliable scheduling. Create ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.statuspage.check.plist:

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

Session Persistence

Medium
Category
Rogue Agent
Confidence
75% 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/setup-guide.md (reported line 114)May include surrounding context.

xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>Label</key><string>com.statuspage.check</string>

Session Persistence

Medium
Category
Rogue Agent
Confidence
75% 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/setup-guide.md (reported line 132)May include surrounding context.

Load it:

bash
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.statuspage.check.plist

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding

The guide recommends publishing the generated status page via a public GitHub Gist and Gist-backed URL without warning that service names, URLs, uptime, and certificate status may become externally visible. This can leak internal infrastructure details and aid reconnaissance against self-hosted services, especially in a homelab or private network context.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

subprocess module call

Medium
Category
Dangerous Code Execution
Confidence
70% confidence
Finding

subprocess module calls execute external commands. Without careful input validation, this enables command injection.

Content

Scanner excerpt · scripts/check_services.py (reported line 65)May include surrounding context.

python
try:
            cmd = ["ping", "-c", "1", flag, str(timeout), host]
            start = time.perf_counter()
            result = subprocess.run(
                cmd,
                capture_output=True,
                text=True,

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.