Caveat verdict

OpenClaw Bash Safety — Why Your Agent Is a Security Risk

openclaw-bash-safety-agent-security-risk

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

The skill provides a Bash safety primer, educating users on potential security risks without demonstrating malicious behavior.

⚠ 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 (2)

Pattern match high

Pipe-to-shell pattern (curl | sh) — supply chain attack vector

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · curl | bash

Pattern match high

Pipe to bash — executes piped content as shell commands

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · | bash

Why the tier is capped

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

Permissions & capabilities

No declared permissions — minimal attack surface.

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