ac-openclaw
Pass
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Oct 9, 2026
Risk Level: SAFECOMMAND_EXECUTIONPRIVILEGE_ESCALATIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONINDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTIONPERSISTENCE
Full Analysis
- [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: Fetches installation scripts and configuration data from several well-known and trusted services, including NodeSource, Cloudflare, Tailscale, Docker, and the official Signal repository.
- [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: Executes deployment and setup scripts from official sources such as openclaw.ai, nodesource.com, tailscale.com, cloudflare.com, and docker.com. These are standard installers for the infrastructure components required by the assistant.
- [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: Instructs the agent to perform extensive shell operations for server provisioning, OS configuration, and software installation across all reference files.
- [PRIVILEGE_ESCALATION]: Requires the use of 'sudo' to perform administrative tasks, including package management, systemd service configuration, and firewall rule adjustments.
- [PERSISTENCE]: Configures systemd service units for OpenClaw, Ollama, and Cloudflare Tunnel to ensure services remain active across reboots, and establishes crontab entries for automated data backups.
- [INDIRECT_PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill facilitates the processing of untrusted data from multiple messaging platforms, creating a potential attack surface for indirect prompt injection.
- Ingestion points: Ingests message streams from Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, and Slack as documented in
references/channel-setup.md. - Boundary markers: The skill acknowledges in
references/security-hardening.mdthat prompt injection is an unsolved risk and provides guidance on implementing tool-use policies to mitigate it. - Capability inventory: The setup involves broad shell access, file system write permissions for agent workspaces, and network capabilities for LLM API interaction and messaging gateway connectivity.
- Sanitization: Recommends implementing Docker sandboxing to isolate tool execution and using sensitive log redaction features to protect data privacy.
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