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OpenClaw Healthcheck

Security checks for vulnerabilities and agentic risk

Overview

This skill performs a disclosed local OpenClaw health check and its local reads and shell commands fit that purpose.

Install only if you want an OpenClaw diagnostic that inspects local runtime state. Its JSON output may include snippets from status, listener, and recent log evidence, so review that output before sharing it outside the machine being audited.

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
  • 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
  • Excessive AgencyUnrestricted Tool Access, Autonomous Decision Making, Scope Creep
Findings (1)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Category
Not specified by scanner
Confidence
85% confidence
Finding

This code executes multiple shell commands via execSync and reads local configuration and log files, which are safety-relevant operations for a code file. There is no confirmation prompt, user-facing warning, or explanatory comment/docstring in the file disclosing that it will inspect local listeners, read ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json, and tail logs from /tmp.

Content

No source excerpt is available for this finding.

Static analysis

Detected: suspicious.dangerous_exec

Shell command execution detected (child_process).

Critical
Code
suspicious.dangerous_exec
Location
scripts/healthcheck.mjs:8

Shell command execution detected (child_process).

Critical
Code
suspicious.dangerous_exec
Location
tests/test.mjs:30