@agentvault/agentvault@0.23.43
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 package does not automatically execute on npm installation, but its explicit setup command changes an AI-agent control surface and establishes persistence. That warrants a warning for a high-impact capability, not a malware block.
Static reason
High-risk behavior combination matched malicious policy.
Trigger
Running agentvault setup or creating an agent through the CLI.
Impact
The package can alter the local AI-agent control surface and keep its gateway running after the user invokes setup.
Mechanism
Explicit OpenClaw configuration, PM2 startup registration, and authenticated extension API calls.
AI rationale
The package does not automatically execute on npm installation, but its explicit setup command changes an AI-agent control surface and establishes persistence. That warrants a warning for a high-impact capability, not a malware block.
Evidence
dist/cli.jsdist/openclaw-entry.js~/.openclaw/openclaw.json~/.openclaw/openclaw.json.bak.pre-setup-${options.accountId}~/.openclaw/agentvault
Network endpoints1
api.agentvault.chat
Decision evidence
public snapshotAI called this Suspicious at 87.0% confidence as Dangerous Capability with low false-positive risk.
Evidence for warning
- The explicit setup command adds AgentVault configuration and allow-list entries to OpenClaw.
- The setup path registers an OpenClaw gateway with PM2 and enables boot startup.
- The extension dynamically imports OpenClaw runtime modules, including agent and transcript interfaces.
- The extension sends a bearer credential and token to its configured API endpoint.
Evidence against
- package.json has only a prepublishOnly hook, so registry installation does not run this setup code.
- The configuration and PM2 actions are reached only through the user-invoked setup command.
- The network endpoint defaults to the package's named AgentVault service.
- No source evidence shows harvesting unrelated credentials or automatic destructive behavior.
Behavioral surface
ChildProcessCryptoDynamicRequireEnvironmentVarsFilesystemNetworkShell
HighEntropyStrings
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 · L9693386});
L93387: import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
L93388: import { existsSync as existsSync2, readFileSync as readFileSync3, writeFileSync, chmodSync, readdirSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
High
93499try {
L93500: execSync("curl -sf --max-time 3 http://127.0.0.1:18789/", { stdio: "pipe" });
L93501: return { name: "Gateway port (18789)", status: "pass", message: "Responding" };
...
L93513: }
L93514: const home = process.env.HOME ?? "";
L93515: 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@0.23.43.
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