ClawAudit verdict

pubmed-edirect

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

Skill searches PubMed literature using official NCBI EDirect CLI tools installed from the official NCBI FTP server; the skill explicitly flags the security advisory about external script execution and recommends manual review.

⚠ 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
70
transparency
70
maintenance

Permission integrity

Makes network requests but does not declare curl/wget in required binaries

network_out

Findings (9)

Pattern match critical

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

INSTALL.md · code · curl https://example.com/install.sh | bash

Pattern match critical

Pipe to bash — executes piped content as shell commands

INSTALL.md · code · | bash

Pattern match critical

Possible hardcoded credential

INSTALL.md · code · API_KEY="your_api_key_here

Pattern match critical

Recursive delete from root or home — destructive command

INSTALL.md · code · rm -rf ~

Pattern match high

Accesses shell history/config

INSTALL.md · code · ~/.zshrc

Pattern match high

References sudo — requests elevated privileges

INSTALL.md · code · sudo

Pattern match high

apt-get install — installs system packages

INSTALL.md · code · apt-get install

Pattern match high

yum install — installs system packages

INSTALL.md · code · yum install

Pattern match low

Popular HTTP library — network access

scripts/batch_fetch_abstracts.sh · prose · downgraded · got

Why the tier is capped

Execution sink present in raw bytes (Hard Floor: class A/B/C/F). Final tier capped at Caution — cannot be lifted by any downgrade, example-payload opt-in, or allowlist.

Permissions & capabilities

Requires 6 system binaries.

network_out

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