Skills/ClawHub/vps-openclaw-security-hardening

vps-openclaw-security-hardening@1.2.0

CAUTION· static only

Publisher claims: "Production-ready security hardening for VPS running OpenClaw AI agents. Includes SSH hardening (custom port), firewall, audit logging, credential management, and intelligent alerting. Follows BSI IT-Grundschutz and NIST guidelines with minimal resource overhead." Observed in sandbox: static analysis only — behavior not yet observed.

Registry ClawHubPublisher bustes01 · publishing for 109 daysInstalls 421Last detonated 4d ago
What would fix thisWatchDispute verdict

Coverage

Static only; nothing was run yet.

The label rests on the code, the instruction files and the publisher. The honeypot run replaces this verdict when it completes.

Is [email protected] safe to install?

KillerSkills analysed it statically (a sandbox run is pending) on 2026-11-10 and scored it 47/100 (Caution). It is not known to be malicious, but it has behaviour or code a security policy should decide on before install. Notable findings: Telegram Bot API URL; Telegram Bot API URL; Authorization escalation language. Summary: static analysis only — behavior not yet observed.

Behavior trace

Queued for honeypot run · static analysis only
t+CategoryObserved action

This version has not been detonated yet. The score above counts behavior as unknown (50/100), so it cannot read Verified until the honeypot run completes and replaces this verdict.

Static findings

HIGH
Telegram Bot API URLscripts/critical-alert.sh:46 · Telegram Bot API URL — data will be sent to Telegramcurl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot${TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN}/sendMessage" \Fix: Replace encoded or assembled strings with plain literals and remove undeclared network calls.
AST07
HIGH
Telegram Bot API URLscripts/daily-briefing.sh:129 · Telegram Bot API URL — data will be sent to Telegramcurl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot${TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN}/sendMessage" \Fix: Replace encoded or assembled strings with plain literals and remove undeclared network calls.
AST07
HIGH
Authorization escalation languageSKILL.md:69 · Authorization escalation language- Root accessFix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
HIGH
Access to sensitive file pathsscripts/verify.sh:79 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system files"/root/.env"Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST05
LOW
Authorization escalation languageskill-card.md:25 · Authorization escalation language · informational: not an instruction fileRisk: The skill requests root access and changes SSH, firewall, audit, and cron settings; unsafe use can lock out administrators or disrupt host access.Fix: Remove the text that addresses the agent rather than the reader; describe behavior, do not instruct.
AST01
HIGH
Auto-update or dynamic fetch configurationSKILL.md:61 · Auto-update or dynamic fetch configuration — agent may load new code at runtime| **System** | Auto-updates, monitoring | unattended-upgrades, auditd |Fix: Pin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
AST06
HIGH
Telegram Bot API URLscripts/weekly-report.sh:31 · Telegram Bot API URL — data will be sent to Telegramcurl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot${TELEGRAM_BOT_TOKEN}/sendMessage" \Fix: Replace encoded or assembled strings with plain literals and remove undeclared network calls.
AST07
HIGH
Privileged sudo commandSKILL.md:47 · Privileged sudo command — agent may execute with elevated privilegessudo ./scripts/install.shFix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05
HIGH
Privileged sudo commandscripts/weekly-report.sh:25 · Privileged sudo command — agent may execute with elevated privilegessudo ufw status numbered 2>/dev/null >> "$REPORT_FILE" || echo "UFW not active" >> "$REPORT_FILE"Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05
MEDIUM
File permission modification commandscripts/install.sh:199 · File permission modification command — agent changes file ownership/permissionschmod 644 /etc/cron.d/agent-securityFix: Request the narrowest permission that works; replace wildcards with the exact paths or hosts.
AST05
HIGH
Privileged sudo commandSKILL.md:128 · Privileged sudo command — agent may execute with elevated privileges| 执行 | sudo | SSH 加固、防火墙、auditd 安装 | 系统安全配置变更 |Fix: Build commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
AST05
HIGH
Access to sensitive file pathsscripts/verify.sh:78 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system files"/root/.openclaw/.env"Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST05
HIGH
Access to sensitive file pathsSKILL.md:62 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system files| **Secrets** | Credential management | Centralized .env, 600 permissions |Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST05
HIGH
Access to sensitive file pathsSKILL.md:134 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system files| 凭证 | 读取 | `.env` 文件 (权限 600) | 加载告警 Token |Fix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST05
HIGH
Access to sensitive file pathsscripts/critical-alert.sh:192 · Access to sensitive file paths — SSH keys, AWS credentials, env files, or system filesif echo "$event_data" | grep -q "type=PATH.*name=.*\.env"; thenFix: Stop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
AST05

Cost to the agent

Instructions loaded
≈1,071 tok
1 file · 13 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.

What would make this Verified

33 points to 80 · weights: behavior 45%, static 25%, prompt 15%, publisher 15%
  1. Unclaimed publisher≈ +8 on the totalClaim bustes01: a verified publisher gets +50 on publisher trust. It is free and usually instant with GitHub sign-in.
  2. Telegram Bot API URL≈ +4 on the totalReplace encoded or assembled strings with plain literals and remove undeclared network calls.
  3. Access to sensitive file paths≈ +4 on the totalStop enumerating or reading credential locations; take secrets from a declared environment variable the user sets on purpose.
  4. Auto-update or dynamic fetch configuration≈ +4 on the totalPin versions and sources; vendor anything fetched at install time.
  5. Privileged sudo command≈ +4 on the totalBuild commands from fixed arguments; do not interpolate untrusted strings into a shell.
  6. File permission modification command≈ +2 on the totalRequest the narrowest permission that works; replace wildcards with the exact paths or hosts.
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