self-improvement Security Audit Report
self-improvement is an AI agent skill, created by pskoett and published at openclaw/skills. ClawSecure audited self-improvement across 17 files through the 3-Layer Audit Protocol covering all ten OWASP ASI Top 10 categories, assigning a security score of 0/100 (High Risk). The 11 findings concentrate in Malicious Code, Permissions Manifest and ReDoS, including Attempts to access sensitive file: SOUL.md and Attempts to access sensitive file: SOUL.md. 9 were rated high or critical severity.
Is self-improvement safe?
ClawSecure audited self-improvement and assigned a security score of 0/100 (High Risk), identifying 11 findings across Malicious Code and Permissions Manifest. Review the findings below before installing.
What did ClawSecure find in self-improvement?
ClawSecure identified 11 findings in self-improvement, concentrated in Malicious Code, Permissions Manifest and ReDoS. 9 were rated high or critical severity. The most severe include Attempts to access sensitive file: SOUL.md and Attempts to access sensitive file: SOUL.md.
How was self-improvement audited?
ClawSecure ran self-improvement through its 3-Layer Audit Protocol with full OWASP ASI Top 10 coverage, scanning 17 files from openclaw/skills.
What does a score of 0 mean?
ClawSecure assigned self-improvement a security score of 0/100, placing it in the High Risk range. This is driven by 11 findings led by Malicious Code that should be addressed before use. ClawSecure derives this score with a weighted deduction model (critical -20, high -10, medium -5, low -2 from a base of 100).
Audit Findings for self-improvement
ClawSecure detected 11 security findings in self-improvement, spanning Malicious Code, Permissions Manifest and ReDoS.
- high · Attempts to access sensitive file: SOUL.md. Malicious Code finding detected in
CHANGELOG.md. - high · Attempts to access sensitive file: SOUL.md. Malicious Code finding detected in
SKILL.md. - high · Attempts to access sensitive file: MEMORY.md. Malicious Code finding detected in
SKILL.md. - high · Attempts to access sensitive file: SOUL.md. Malicious Code finding detected in
LEARNINGS.md. - high · Attempts to access sensitive file: SOUL.md. Malicious Code finding detected in
handler.js. - high · Attempts to access sensitive file: SOUL.md. Malicious Code finding detected in
handler.ts. - high · Attempts to access sensitive file: SOUL.md. Malicious Code finding detected in
openclaw-integration.md. - high · Attempts to access sensitive file: MEMORY.md. Malicious Code finding detected in
openclaw-integration.md. - high · Attempts to access sensitive file: SOUL.md. Malicious Code finding detected in
uninstall.md. - medium · Missing config.json - agent may not be properly configured. Permissions Manifest finding.
- medium · ReDoS vulnerability: Nested quantifiers (potential…. ReDoS finding detected in
extract-skill.sh:101.
Each finding is expandable in the interactive list below.
3-Layer Audit Protocol
Security Recommendations for self-improvement
Audit external network connections
Add a config.json permissions manifest
Fix ReDoS-prone patterns
Related Security Research
ClawHavoc Explained: The Malware Family Targeting AI Agents→Beyond Static Scans: Why ClawSecure Verifies Agentic Intent→Related AI Agent Security Audits
Scanned on August 6, 2026. self-improvement is one of thousands of agents audited by ClawSecure from the community-curated awesome-openclaw-skills list and the openclaw/skills repository.