update-nanoclaw
Fail
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on May 4, 2026
Risk Level: HIGHCREDENTIALS_UNSAFECOMMAND_EXECUTIONDATA_EXFILTRATIONEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSPROMPT_INJECTION
Full Analysis
- [CREDENTIALS_UNSAFE]: The file
diagnostics.mdcontains a hardcoded PostHog project API key used for capturing telemetry data. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill uses various shell commands to perform repository operations (
git), run build and test scripts (pnpm), and manage system services (launchctl). - [DATA_EXFILTRATION]: When opted-in by the user, the skill collects system metadata (version, OS, architecture) and transmits it to a third-party analytics service (PostHog).
- [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill fetches updates and configurations from the official project repository hosted on GitHub.
- [PROMPT_INJECTION]: The skill exhibits an indirect prompt injection surface by processing external content from the repository's
CHANGELOG.md. - Ingestion points: The skill analyzes diffs of the
CHANGELOG.mdfile after an update. - Boundary markers: No delimiters or explicit instructions are provided to the agent to ignore potentially malicious content within the changelog.
- Capability inventory: The skill can invoke additional skills using the Skill tool based on the content of the parsed changelog entries.
- Sanitization: There is no validation or sanitization performed on the skill names identified in the changelog before they are executed.
Recommendations
- AI detected serious security threats
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