ClawAudit verdict

web-reader

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

The skill is a smart web reader that grabs articles and downloads videos. The execution sink detection raises some concerns about its behavior.

⚠ 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
100
transparency
90
maintenance

Findings (6)

Pattern match high

Uses eval() — can execute arbitrary code

lib/article.py · prose · downgraded · eval(

Pattern match medium

subprocess execution — runs system commands from Python

lib/article.py · prose · downgraded · subprocess.run(

Pattern match medium

Uses exec() — may execute shell commands

lib/readability.js · prose · downgraded · exec(

Pattern match low

Python urllib.request — network access

lib/article.py · prose · downgraded · urllib.request

Pattern match low

Popular HTTP library — network access

lib/readability.js · prose · downgraded · got

Pattern match low

String.fromCharCode — can build strings to evade detection

lib/readability.js · prose · downgraded · String.fromCharCode

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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