Skills/ClawHub/vmware-nsx-security

vmware-nsx-security@1.17.2

VERIFIED· install only

Publisher claims: "Use this skill whenever the user needs to manage VMware NSX security (rebranded VMware vDefend in VCF 9) — distributed firewall (DFW) policies, security groups, microsegmentation, and IDS/IPS. Directly handles: create/manage DFW policies and rules, security groups, VM tags, network traceflow diagnostics, IDPS profiles and status. Always use this skill for "create firewall rule", "set up microsegmentation", "add VM to security group", "run traceflow", "check IDS status", "vDefend firewall rule", or any NSX security / vDefend / DFW task. Do NOT use for NSX networking operations like segments, gateways, NAT, or routing (use vmware-nsx), or VM lifecycle (use vmware-aiops). For load balancing/AVI/AKO use vmware-avi." Observed in sandbox: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Registry ClawHubPublisher zw008 · publishing for 181 daysInstalls 5,474Last detonated 6d ago
$clawhub install vmware-nsx-security
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Coverage

Nothing executable in the bundle ran; the trace covers the install step only.
Tested
every file read, file written and host contacted by what ran
Not tested
use of the skill by an agent

Is [email protected] safe to install?

KillerSkills ran it in the KillerSkills honeypot sandbox (1 scenario; nothing executable in the bundle ran; the trace covers the install step only) on 2026-11-08 and scored it 83/100 (Verified). In what ran, nothing we could detect went wrong: no undeclared network egress, no credential reads, no persistent instruction writes. What it does with a real credential was not observed; the static findings and the publisher carry the rest of the score. Summary: no network, touches nothing outside the project, writes no memory.

Behavior trace

Honeypot run · 0 s · 1 scenarios · 0 deviations
t+CategoryObserved action
0.0sprocessno install scripts in bundle
0.0sprocessscript backend runs setup only
0.0sprocessscript backend runs setup only
0.0sprocessno install scripts to re-run

Static findings

HIGH
Persistence: instructs the agent to auto-load this skill in future sessionsSKILL.md:6 · Persistence: instructs the agent to auto-load this skill in future sessions…ity groups, VM tags, network traceflow diagnostics, IDPS profiles and status. Always use this skill for "create firewall rule", "set up microsegmentation", "add VM to security gro…Fix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
HIGH
Access to sensitive file pathsSKILL.md:17 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system files…Manager target requires a per-target password env var in ~/.vmware-nsx-security/.env following the pattern VMWARE_NSX_SECURITY_<TARGET_NAME_UPPER>_PASSWORD. Passwor…Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST05
HIGH
Access to sensitive file pathsSKILL.md:316 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system files# Add to ~/.vmware-nsx-security/.env (create if missing, chmod 600):Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST05
HIGH
Access to sensitive file pathsSKILL.md:53 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system filesvmware-nsx-security init # guided setup: writes config + .env (chmod 600, password grep-safe), then verifiesFix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST05
HIGH
Access to sensitive file pathsSKILL.md:288 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system files`VMWARE_NSX_SECURITY_NSX_PROD_PASSWORD`. Check `~/.vmware-nsx-security/.env`.Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST05
MEDIUM
File permission modification commandSKILL.md:318 · File permission modification command — agent changes file ownership/permissionschmod 600 ~/.vmware-nsx-security/.envFix: Request the narrowest permission that works; replace wildcards with the exact paths or hosts.
AST05
MEDIUM
File permission modification commandSKILL.md:316 · File permission modification command — agent changes file ownership/permissions# Add to ~/.vmware-nsx-security/.env (create if missing, chmod 600):Fix: Request the narrowest permission that works; replace wildcards with the exact paths or hosts.
AST05
HIGH
Access to sensitive file pathsSKILL.md:304 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system files- **Credential safety**: Passwords loaded only from environment variables (`.env` file), never from `config.yaml`Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST05
MEDIUM
File permission modification commandSKILL.md:53 · File permission modification command — agent changes file ownership/permissionsvmware-nsx-security init # guided setup: writes config + .env (chmod 600, password grep-safe), then verifiesFix: Request the narrowest permission that works; replace wildcards with the exact paths or hosts.
AST05

Cost to the agent

Instructions loaded
≈5,281 tok
1 file · 6 in bundle

Tokens estimated at four characters each. Skills load their instruction text when triggered; the figure is what that costs.

Known vulnerabilities

Vulnerability advisories (OSV) cover npm and PyPI packages; this registry has no advisory database.