ClawAudit verdict
friday-budgeting-pro
Personal finance tracker using Plaid for bank connectivity and local MCP server; the skill uses documented APIs for its stated budgeting purpose with no exfiltration beyond the expected Plaid bank data sync.
⚠ Flagged for review — coarse, uncorroborated signal, not a confirmed exploit. Review the config yourself before installing.
Automated static analysis — not a human review. ClawAudit flags capabilities, not confirmed intent, and can produce false positives. Disagree with this verdict? Use Dispute below.
Findings (14)
HTTP request to bare IP address — common in malicious payloads
ARCHITECTURE.md · code · http://127.0.0.1
Accesses OpenClaw config/secrets directly
ARCHITECTURE.md · code · ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json
Accesses system credential store
ARCHITECTURE.md · code · Keychain
Pipe to python — executes piped content as Python code
ARCHITECTURE.md · prose · downgraded · | Python
Possible hardcoded credential
tests/test_configure_plaid.py · prose · downgraded · secret = "super_secret_12345
Writes to SKILL.md — self-modifying skill
tests/test_skill_md_sync.py · prose · downgraded · SKILL.md").write
pip3 install — installs Python packages at runtime
SKILL.md · frontmatter · pip3 install
Instructs covert action — may act without user awareness
FIXES.md · prose · downgraded · silently
Popular HTTP library — network access
README.md · code · Got
subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python
server/installer.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(
References tunneling service
ARCHITECTURE.md · prose · downgraded · ngrok
Python os.environ.get — reads environment variable
server/daemon.py · prose · downgraded · os.environ.get(
Python urllib.request — network access
server/llm.py · prose · downgraded · urllib.request
importlib.import_module — dynamic module loading
tests/test_server_boots.py · prose · downgraded · importlib.import_module(
Why the tier is capped
Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class D). 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.
Is this flag fair?
Thanks — recorded.