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Openclaw Tavily Search

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This is a straightforward Tavily web-search helper that sends user-provided queries to Tavily using a Tavily API key, with no hidden persistence or destructive behavior found.

Install only if you are comfortable sending search queries, domains, mode choices, and related parameters to Tavily. Use a dedicated revocable Tavily API key, avoid including secrets or confidential data in queries, and treat Tavily results as external content that still needs source review.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
Vulnerability Patterns
  • Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
  • Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
  • 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 (3)

Lp3

Medium
Category
MCP Least Privilege
Confidence
96% confidence
Finding
The skill documentation indicates use of environment variables, local script execution, and outbound network access, but no explicit permissions are declared. This creates a governance gap: users and orchestrators may invoke a capability that can read secrets and exfiltrate query content to an external service without clear consent or policy enforcement.

Vague Triggers

Medium
Confidence
84% confidence
Finding
The description is broad enough to match many common user intents such as research, finding answers, news, and sources, which can cause over-invocation of this skill. In context, that increases the chance that sensitive or unnecessary user queries are routed to Tavily even when a local answer would suffice.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
98% confidence
Finding
The documentation does not clearly warn that user queries are transmitted to Tavily, a third-party external service. This is dangerous because users or calling agents may unknowingly send sensitive prompts, internal data, or regulated information off-platform, creating privacy, compliance, and data-handling risks.

VirusTotal

66/66 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.