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Openclaw Error Fix

Security checks across malware telemetry and agentic risk

Overview

This is an instruction-only OpenClaw troubleshooting guide; its risky commands are disclosed and related to fixing errors, but users should review them before running.

Before installing, treat this as a troubleshooting checklist rather than a script. Verify any sudo or remote installer command, back up configuration before deleting it, avoid exposing API keys or bot tokens in logs or chats, and prefer graceful process termination before using kill -9.

SkillSpector

By NVIDIA
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 (2)

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
94% confidence
Finding
The skill instructs users to delete the OpenClaw config file as a fix without warning that this may remove saved settings, tokens, endpoints, or other user-specific configuration. In a troubleshooting context, destructive reset steps can cause availability issues, loss of configuration state, and accidental disruption of connected services.

Missing User Warnings

Medium
Confidence
95% confidence
Finding
Using `kill -9` as a default troubleshooting step force-terminates a process without cleanup and can corrupt state, lose unsaved work, or interrupt services abruptly. In an error-fixing skill, users may copy the command blindly, making the unsafe termination guidance more dangerous than in an expert admin reference.

VirusTotal

56/56 vendors flagged this skill as clean.

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Static analysis

No suspicious patterns detected.