Caveat verdict

openclaw-guardian

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

Security layer plugin intercepting dangerous tool calls using regex blacklist rules and LLM-based intent verification; a legitimate safety tool designed to protect the user by blocking destructive commands.

⚠ 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 (16)

Pattern match critical

Recursive delete from root or home — destructive command

references/README.md · code · rm -rf /

Pattern match high

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

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · curl | sh

Pattern match high

Pipe-to-shell pattern (wget | sh)

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · wget | bash

Pattern match high

Accesses sensitive system files

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · /etc/passwd

Pattern match high

Pipe to bash — executes piped content as shell commands

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · | bash

Pattern match high

Pipe to sh — executes piped content as shell commands

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · | sh

Pattern match high

Uses eval() — can execute arbitrary code

scripts/blacklist.ts · prose · downgraded · eval(

Pattern match high

Dynamic __import__('os') — Python OS command execution

scripts/blacklist.ts · prose · downgraded · __import__('os')

Pattern match high

Pipe to python — executes piped content as Python code

scripts/blacklist.ts · prose · downgraded · |python

Pattern match medium

References sudo — requests elevated privileges

references/README.md · prose · downgraded · sudo

Pattern match medium

References child_process — can spawn system processes

scripts/blacklist.ts · prose · downgraded · child_process

Pattern match medium

Uses exec() — may execute shell commands

scripts/blacklist.ts · prose · downgraded · exec(

Pattern match medium

setuid — privilege escalation mechanism

scripts/blacklist.ts · prose · downgraded · setuid

Pattern match medium

References SSH/GPG private keys

scripts/blacklist.ts · prose · downgraded · ssh-key

Pattern match low

Sets world-executable permissions

scripts/blacklist.ts · prose · downgraded · chmod 777

Pattern match low

Changes file ownership

scripts/blacklist.ts · prose · downgraded · chown

Why the tier is capped

Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class A/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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