ClawAudit verdict

vertex-image-adc

45
🟠 Risky
Significant concerns — only install if you understand the risks

The skill generates images via Google Cloud Vertex AI generateContent using Application Default Credentials (ADC), which may pose a risk due to the use of subprocesses and access to environment variables.

⚠ 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
90
transparency
70
maintenance

Findings (3)

Pattern match medium

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

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

Pattern match low

Base64 encoding/decoding

scripts/image_harness.py · prose · downgraded · Base64Encode

Pattern match low

Python os.environ.get — reads environment variable

scripts/image_harness.py · prose · downgraded · os.environ.get(

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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