ClawAudit verdict

OpenClaw Gateway Guardian

gateway-guardian-zx

45
🟠 Risky
Significant concerns — only install if you understand the risks

The skill monitors and auto-restarts the OpenClaw Gateway. While generally safe, improper use could lead to unintended behavior.

⚠ 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.

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security
80
transparency
70
maintenance

Findings (4)

Pattern match medium

References webhook/callback URL

SKILL.md · code · webhookUrl

Pattern match medium

subprocess with shell=True — command injection vector

scripts/watchdog_simple.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.Popen( ["openclaw", "gateway", "start"], cwd=

Pattern match low

Python urllib.request — network access

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

Pattern match low

Python os.environ.get — reads environment variable

scripts/watchdog_simple.py · prose · downgraded · os.environ.get(

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

Requires 2 system binaries.

network_in

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