ClawAudit verdict

openclaw-cron-guardrails

88
🟢 Trusted
Low risk — reviewed by ClawAudit, behavior matches stated purpose

Guardrails skill for safe cron job creation with explicit classification workflow and safe defaults; executionSinkDetected is from documented cron command examples with transparent routing logic.

⚠ 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.

40
security
90
transparency
70
maintenance

Findings (4)

Pattern match critical

Pipe to python — executes piped content as Python code

references/intent-to-spec-examples.md · code · | python3

Pattern match medium

Instructs covert action — may act without user awareness

references/intent-to-spec-examples.md · prose · downgraded · silently

Pattern match medium

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

scripts/create_cron.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(

Pattern match medium

subprocess with shell=True — command injection vector

scripts/create_cron.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(command, shell=True

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.

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