ClawAudit verdict

vpn-rotate-skill

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

The skill explicitly states its purpose is to bypass API rate limits by rotating VPN IPs during high-volume scraping of APIs and government sites; this is designed circumvention of service rate controls rather than legitimate privacy use.

⚠ 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.

28
security
70
transparency
70
maintenance

Permission integrity

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

network_out

Performs file operations but does not declare file-accessing binaries

file_read+write

Findings (3)

Pattern match high

References sudo — requests elevated privileges

SKILL.md · code · sudo

Pattern match high

Possible hardcoded credential

scripts/setup.sh · prose · downgraded · password: " vpn_pass echo

Pattern match medium

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

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

Why the tier is capped

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

network_infile_writenetwork_out

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