ClawAudit verdict

gnews

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🟢 Trusted
Low risk — reviewed by ClawAudit, behavior matches stated purpose

Fetches top headlines from GNews API using an API key from environment variable; straightforward news fetching client with the API key redacted in debug mode and no sensitive data exfiltration.

⚠ 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
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transparency
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maintenance

Findings (2)

Pattern match critical

Possible hardcoded credential

SKILL.md · code · API_KEY="your-api-key

Pattern match high

References sudo — requests elevated privileges

SKILL.md · code · sudo

Permissions & capabilities

Requires 1 environment variable. (1 sensitive: GNEWS_API_KEY).

credential_access

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