Caveat verdict

update-advisor

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

OpenClaw update check and safe upgrade assistant using standard system tools as recovery watchdogs; no capabilities flags and all behavior matches the stated update management purpose.

⚠ 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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security
70
transparency
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maintenance

Findings (4)

Pattern match critical

Pipe to python — executes piped content as Python code

SKILL.md · code · | python3

Pattern match medium

Instructs covert action — may act without user awareness

README.md · prose · downgraded · silently

Pattern match low

References agent memory files

SKILL.md · prose · downgraded · MEMORY.md

Pattern match low

Popular HTTP library — network access

scripts/arm-recovery-watchdog.sh · prose · downgraded · got

Why the tier is capped

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

Permissions & capabilities

Requires 3 system binaries. (1 elevated: npm).

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