Skill Guard

SkillShield v4 — Ultimate security scanner for OpenClaw skills. 65 security checks, SARIF v2.1.0 output, CI/CD ready, campaign detection, C2 IP blocklist, known malicious actor database, macOS attack detection, agent config tampering, LLM tool exploitation, pre-commit hooks, and more. Python 3 stdlib only. Single file. Zero dependencies.

SkillShield v4.0.0 — Ultimate Edition 🛡️

65 security checks | SARIF v2.1.0 | CI/CD ready | Zero dependencies

The most comprehensive security scanner for OpenClaw/ClawHub skills. Detects malware, credential theft, exfiltration, prompt injection, campaign signatures, agent takeover, macOS-specific attacks, and more.

Feature Comparison

Feature	SkillShield v4	Skillvet v2
Total security checks	65	48
Python 3 stdlib only	✅	❌ (bash)
Single file	✅	❌ (multi-file)
SARIF v2.1.0 output	✅	✅
JSON output	✅	✅
Summary mode	✅	✅
Verbose mode	✅	✅
Pre-commit hook	✅	✅
GitHub Actions template	✅	✅
HTML dashboard report	✅	❌
Markdown report	✅	❌
Interactive mode	✅	❌
Quarantine system	✅	❌
Baseline/tamper detection	✅	❌
SBOM generation	✅	❌
Diff scanning	✅	❌
Custom rules engine	✅	❌
Risk scoring (weighted)	✅	✅
Check IDs (SS-001+)	✅	✅
Exit codes (0/1/2)	✅	✅
Known C2/IOC IP blocklist	✅	✅
Known malicious actors	✅	✅
Exfiltration endpoints	✅	✅
Paste service detection	✅	✅
Campaign detection (3)	✅	❌
Behavioral analysis	✅	❌
macOS attack detection	✅	✅
Agent config tampering	✅	✅
LLM tool exploitation	✅	✅
String evasion detection	✅	✅
Punycode domains	✅	✅
Double encoding	✅	✅
Password archive detection	✅	✅
Network fingerprinting	✅	❌
Reputation grading	✅	❌
Context-aware domain checks	✅	❌
Inline ignore comments	✅	✅
.skillshield-ignore file	✅	✅ (.skillvetrc)
Max file size option	✅	✅
Max depth option	✅	✅
16 file types scanned	✅	✅
Statistics footer	✅	✅

Usage

Scan all skills

python3 skills/skill-guard/scripts/skillguard.py scan

Check a single skill

python3 skills/skill-guard/scripts/skillguard.py check skills/some-skill

Check a directory of skills

python3 skills/skill-guard/scripts/skillguard.py check /path/to/skills

Output Formats

# JSON output (for automation)
python3 scripts/skillguard.py check skills/some-skill --json

# SARIF v2.1.0 (for GitHub Code Scanning / VS Code)
python3 scripts/skillguard.py check skills/some-skill --sarif

# Summary mode (one-line per skill)
python3 scripts/skillguard.py scan --summary

# Verbose mode (debug check progress)
python3 scripts/skillguard.py scan --verbose

# HTML dashboard
python3 scripts/skillguard.py scan --html report.html

# Markdown report
python3 scripts/skillguard.py scan --report report.md

CI/CD Integration

GitHub Actions (SARIF upload):

- name: Run SkillShield
  run: python3 skills/skill-guard/scripts/skillguard.py check skills/ --sarif > results.sarif || true

- name: Upload SARIF
  uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v3
  with:
    sarif_file: results.sarif

Generate GitHub Actions workflow:

python3 scripts/skillguard.py ci > .github/workflows/skillshield.yml

Pre-commit hook:

python3 scripts/skillguard.py hook > .git/hooks/pre-commit
chmod +x .git/hooks/pre-commit

Exit Codes

Code	Meaning
0	Clean — no issues found
1	Warnings only — suspicious findings
2	Critical/malicious findings

All Commands

Command	Description
scan [dir]	Scan all skills (default: ~/clawd/skills/)
check <path>	Scan a single skill or directory
watch [dir]	One-liner summary for cron alerting
diff <name>	Compare skill against baseline
quarantine <name>	Move malicious skill to quarantine
unquarantine <name>	Restore from quarantine
list-quarantine	Show quarantined skills
sbom <name>	Generate Software Bill of Materials (JSON)
hook	Generate git pre-commit hook
ci	Generate GitHub Actions workflow

All Options

Flag	Description
--json	Machine-readable JSON output
--sarif	SARIF v2.1.0 output
--summary	One-line per skill output
--verbose	Show check progress
--report <path>	Markdown report file
--html <path>	HTML dashboard report
--baseline	Force re-baseline hashes
--interactive	Review findings interactively
--ci	Generate GitHub Actions workflow
--max-file-size N	Skip files > N bytes
--max-depth N	Limit traversal depth

False Positive Suppression

File-level: Create .skillshield-ignore in the skill:

Base64 encode/decode operation
HTTP request to unknown domain: my-legit-api.com

Inline: Add # skillshield-ignore comment:

url = "https://bit.ly/legit-link"  # skillshield-ignore

Security Checks (65 total)

Check IDs (SS-001 through SS-065)

ID	Check	Severity	Weight
SS-001	Outbound HTTP request	WARNING	3
SS-002	eval/exec call	WARNING	5
SS-003	Dynamic import	WARNING	5
SS-004	Base64 decode operation	WARNING	4
SS-005	Base64 decodes to suspicious content	CRITICAL	9
SS-006	Hex string decodes to suspicious content	CRITICAL	9
SS-007	URL shortener detected	WARNING	5
SS-008	Executable data URI	WARNING	5
SS-009	Hardcoded secret	CRITICAL	10
SS-010	SSL verification disabled	WARNING	5
SS-011	PATH modification	CRITICAL	8
SS-012	Library path modification	CRITICAL	8
SS-013	Shell execution (os.system)	WARNING	4
SS-014	subprocess with shell=True	CRITICAL	7
SS-015	Sensitive file access	CRITICAL	8
SS-016	Reverse shell pattern	CRITICAL	10
SS-017	DNS exfiltration	CRITICAL	9
SS-018	Crontab modification	CRITICAL	8
SS-019	System service creation	CRITICAL	8
SS-020	Shell RC file modification	CRITICAL	8
SS-021	Time bomb pattern	WARNING	6
SS-022	Pickle deserialization	CRITICAL	9
SS-023	Prompt injection override	CRITICAL	9
SS-024	Prompt injection exfiltration	CRITICAL	9
SS-025	Social engineering phrase	WARNING	5
SS-026	SVG JavaScript	CRITICAL	8
SS-027	SVG event handler	WARNING	5
SS-028	npm lifecycle hook	CRITICAL	8
SS-029	Typosquat package	WARNING	6
SS-030	Binary executable	CRITICAL	9
SS-031	Symlink to sensitive path	CRITICAL	8
SS-032	Archive file	WARNING	4
SS-033	Unicode homoglyph	CRITICAL	7
SS-034	ANSI escape injection	WARNING	5
SS-035	Writes outside skill dir	WARNING	5
SS-036	COMBO: sensitive + outbound	CRITICAL	10
SS-037	COMBO: subprocess + sensitive	CRITICAL	8
SS-038	Campaign signature match	CRITICAL	10
SS-039	BEHAVIORAL: staged exfiltration	CRITICAL	9
SS-040	BEHAVIORAL: download + exec	CRITICAL	9
SS-041	BEHAVIORAL: env harvest + network	CRITICAL	9
SS-042	Clipboard access	WARNING	4
SS-043	Bulk env variable capture	CRITICAL	9
SS-044	Permission mismatch (trojan)	CRITICAL	8
SS-045	Known C2/IOC IP address	CRITICAL	10
SS-046	Known exfiltration endpoint	CRITICAL	10
SS-047	Paste service reference	CRITICAL	7
SS-048	GitHub raw content execution	CRITICAL	9
SS-049	macOS Gatekeeper bypass (xattr)	CRITICAL	9
SS-050	macOS osascript social engineering	CRITICAL	8
SS-051	TMPDIR payload staging	CRITICAL	9
SS-052	Keychain theft	CRITICAL	10
SS-053	Password-protected archive	CRITICAL	7
SS-054	Double-encoded path bypass	CRITICAL	7
SS-055	Punycode domain (IDN attack)	CRITICAL	7
SS-056	String construction evasion	CRITICAL	7
SS-057	Process persistence + network	CRITICAL	9
SS-058	Agent config tampering	CRITICAL	9
SS-059	LLM tool exploitation	CRITICAL	9
SS-060	Fake prerequisite pattern	CRITICAL	7
SS-061	Network fingerprinting + exfil	WARNING	6
SS-062	Known malicious actor	CRITICAL	10
SS-063	Nohup/disown + network	CRITICAL	9
SS-064	chmod +x on downloaded file	CRITICAL	8
SS-065	open -a with downloaded binary	CRITICAL	8

Campaign Detection

• ClawHavoc — 386-skill wallet theft campaign with C2 beacons
• twitter-enhanced — Typosquatting popular skills with hidden eval/exec
• ClickFix — Social engineering to run clipboard commands

Known C2/IOC IP Blocklist

Based on reports from Koi Security, Bitdefender, Snyk:

• 91.92.242.30 — AMOS C2 server
• 54.91.154.110 — AMOS C2 server
• 185.215.113.16 — ClawHavoc dropper relay
• 45.61.136.47 — AMOS stage-2 payload
• 194.169.175.232 — Atomic Stealer C2
• 91.92.248.52 — ClawHavoc wallet exfil
• 79.137.207.210 — Bandit Stealer C2
• 45.155.205.172 — Generic macOS stealer C2

Known Malicious Actors

• zaycv, Ddoy233, Sakaen736jih, Hightower6eu, aslaep123, davidsmorais, clawdhub1

File Types Scanned

.py, .js, .ts, .tsx, .jsx, .sh, .bash, .rs, .go, .rb, .c, .cpp, .md, .json, .svg, .yml, .yaml, .toml, .txt, .cfg, .ini, .html, .css, .env*, Dockerfile*, Makefile, pom.xml, .gradle

Performance

• 25 real skills in < 1 second
• 16 test cases in < 0.5 seconds
• Single Python 3 file, zero dependencies
• 2,800 lines of pure stdlib Python