Caveat verdict

calibre-ebooks

🟢 Trusted

No high-risk patterns surfaced by the deep scan — automated capability review, not behavioral proof.

Manages a local Calibre library via local Books API on host.docker.internal; all operations are local-only and match the stated ebook management purpose.

⚠ Flagged for review — coarse, uncorroborated signal, not a confirmed exploit. Review the config yourself before installing.

Automated static analysis — not a human review. Caveat flags capabilities, not confirmed intent, and can produce false positives. Disagree with this verdict? Use Dispute below.

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Findings (11)

Pattern match high

HTTP request to bare IP address — common in malicious payloads

calibre-openclaw-gateway/README.md · code · http://127.0.0.1

Pattern match high

References sudo — requests elevated privileges

calibre-openclaw-gateway/README.md · code · sudo

Pattern match high

Possible hardcoded credential

calibre-openclaw-gateway/install_service.sh · prose · downgraded · PASSWORD="$(env_value POSTGRESQL_DB_PASSWD)

Pattern match medium

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

calibre-openclaw-gateway/app/services/format_conversion_service.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(

Pattern match medium

Downloads executables from external URLs

calibre-openclaw-gateway/scripts/document_semantic_rag.py · prose · downgraded · download from https://

Pattern match medium

apt-get install — installs system packages

calibre-openclaw-gateway/scripts/document_semantic_rag.py · prose · downgraded · apt-get install

Pattern match low

Opens WebSocket connection

calibre-openclaw-gateway/app/api/routes/websocket.py · prose · downgraded · WebSocket

Pattern match low

Python os.environ.get — reads environment variable

calibre-openclaw-gateway/app/config.py · prose · downgraded · os.environ.get(

Pattern match low

Popular HTTP library — network access

calibre-openclaw-gateway/app/services/embedding_service.py · prose · downgraded · got

Pattern match low

Python os.getenv — reads environment variable

calibre-openclaw-gateway/scripts/document_semantic_rag.py · prose · downgraded · os.getenv(

Pattern match low

Python urllib.request — network access

scripts/books_api_client.py · prose · downgraded · urllib.request

Why the tier is capped

Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class B/D). Final tier capped at Caution — cannot be lifted by any downgrade, example-payload opt-in, or allowlist.

Permissions & capabilities

Requires 1 system binary.

network_in

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