@agentvault/agentvault@0.23.41
The official **OpenClaw** plugin for AgentVault. Adds cryptographic identity, earned trust, and Signal-grade encrypted communications to OpenClaw agents. (Looking for a different framework? See **[Which Framework?](#which-framework)** below.)
AI Security Review
scanned 2mo ago · by lpm-firewall-aiThe risky behavior is concrete but gated behind an explicit token-bearing setup command rather than an automatic npm lifecycle hook. It warrants a warning for agent capability and persistence risk, not a malicious-install verdict.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
Running `agentvault setup` with an invite token.
Impact
The package can change an AI-agent control surface and keep its gateway running after reboot; telemetry leaves the host during use.
Mechanism
Explicit CLI-based OpenClaw configuration, plugin enablement, PM2 persistence, and telemetry upload.
AI rationale
The risky behavior is concrete but gated behind an explicit token-bearing setup command rather than an automatic npm lifecycle hook. It warrants a warning for agent capability and persistence risk, not a malicious-install verdict.
Evidence
dist/cli.jsdist/index.js~/.openclaw/openclaw.json
Network endpoints1
api.agentvault.chat
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 91.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The explicit setup command enrolls, then installs the AgentVault OpenClaw plugin.
- Setup writes AgentVault settings and adds the plugin to OpenClaw's allow list.
- Setup can register the gateway with PM2 startup persistence.
- The runtime periodically sends telemetry spans to the configured AgentVault API.
Evidence against
- package.json has only a prepublishOnly hook; registry installation has no preinstall, install, or postinstall hook.
- The package has no dependency on its own package name.
- The OpenClaw mutation is reached only through the user-invoked setup command, which requires an invite token.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStringsUrlStrings
Source & flagged code
10 flaggeddist/cli.jsView file
96Source sends the broad process environment to a literal external destination.
L96: // ../../node_modules/libsodium-sumo/dist/modules-sumo-esm/libsodium-sumo.mjs
L97: var __filename, __dirname, url2, path, Module, Module, root, window_, crypto_, randomValuesStandard, crypto4, randomValueNodeJS, _Module, libsodium_sumo_default;
L98: var init_libsodium_sumo = __esm({
...
L173: _Module = Module;
L174: Module.ready = new Promise(function(resolve4, reject) {
L175: var Module2 = _Module;
...
L244: quit_2 = (status, toThrow) => {
L245: process.exitCode = status;
L246: throw toThrow;
...
L258: xhr.responseType = "arraybuffer";
L259: xhr.send(null);
L260: return new Uint8Array(xhr.response);
Critical
Hardcoded Runtime Data Exfiltration
Source sends credentials or rich application records to a package-controlled external receiver enabled by default.
dist/cli.jsView on unpkg · L9693369});
L93370: import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
L93371: import { existsSync as existsSync2, readFileSync as readFileSync3, writeFileSync, chmodSync, readdirSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
High
93482try {
L93483: execSync("curl -sf --max-time 3 http://127.0.0.1:18789/", { stdio: "pipe" });
L93484: return { name: "Gateway port (18789)", status: "pass", message: "Responding" };
...
L93496: }
L93497: const home = process.env.HOME ?? "";
L93498: const warnings = [];
Findings
1 Critical7 High6 Medium5 Low
CriticalHardcoded Runtime Data Exfiltrationdist/cli.js
HighChild Processdist/cli.js
HighShell
HighSame File Env Network Executiondist/cli.js
HighCredential Redirect Persistencedist/index.js
HighCommand Output Exfiltrationdist/cli.js
HighCross File Remote Execution Contextdist/cli.js
HighSemantic Analysis Limiteddist/cli.js
MediumDynamic Requiredist/openclaw-entry.js
MediumNetwork
MediumEnvironment Vars
MediumOversized Source Filedist/index.js
MediumOversized Cli Entrypointdist/cli.js
Affected versions and remediation
This report applies to @agentvault/agentvault@0.23.41.
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