Security audit

configure OpenClaw

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill is a broad but coherent OpenClaw configuration helper that requires user confirmation before changing the config file.

Install this only if you want an assistant to help edit OpenClaw configuration. Review proposed patches carefully before confirming, especially changes involving auth, browser profiles, gateway exposure, hooks, cron, tools, sandbox, plugins, skills, or environment variables.

A.I.G

Vulnerability Patterns

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
Unauthorized Access and Privilege EscalationObtains permissions beyond the task's legitimate needs

SkillSpector

Vulnerability Patterns

Trigger AbuseOverly Broad Trigger, Shadow Command Trigger, Keyword Baiting Trigger
Prompt InjectionInstruction Override, Hidden Instructions, Exfiltration Commands
Data ExfiltrationExternal Transmission, Env Variable Harvesting, File System Enumeration
Privilege EscalationExcessive Permissions, Sudo/Root Execution, Credential Access
Supply ChainUnpinned Dependencies, External Script Fetching, Obfuscated Code

Findings (1)

Vague Triggers

Medium

Confidence: 95% confidence
Finding: The skill’s activation description is extremely broad, covering nearly any request related to changing, configuring, updating, or troubleshooting OpenClaw settings. Overbroad routing can cause the agent to invoke this powerful configuration-modifying skill in situations where a narrower skill or normal conversation would be safer, increasing the chance of unintended config changes or privilege misuse.

Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.