n8n-api Security Audit Report

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n8n-api is an AI agent skill, created by codedao12 and published at openclaw/skills. ClawSecure audited n8n-api across 3 files through the 3-Layer Audit Protocol covering all ten OWASP ASI Top 10 categories, assigning a security score of 35/100 (High Risk). The 5 findings concentrate in Command Injection, Policy Violation and Permissions Manifest, including Detects command injection patterns in agent skills: shell operators,... and Detects command injection patterns in agent skills: shell operators,.... 3 were rated high or critical severity.

Is n8n-api safe?

ClawSecure audited n8n-api and assigned a security score of 35/100 (High Risk), identifying 5 findings across Command Injection and Policy Violation. Review the findings below before installing.

What did ClawSecure find in n8n-api?

ClawSecure identified 5 findings in n8n-api, concentrated in Command Injection, Policy Violation and Permissions Manifest. 3 were rated high or critical severity. The most severe include Detects command injection patterns in agent skills: shell operators,... and Detects command injection patterns in agent skills: shell operators,....

How was n8n-api audited?

ClawSecure ran n8n-api through its 3-Layer Audit Protocol with full OWASP ASI Top 10 coverage, scanning 3 files from openclaw/skills.

What does a score of 35 mean?

ClawSecure assigned n8n-api a security score of 35/100, placing it in the High Risk range. This is driven by 5 findings led by Command Injection 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 n8n-api

ClawSecure detected 5 security findings in n8n-api, spanning Command Injection, Policy Violation and Permissions Manifest.

critical · Detects command injection patterns in agent skills: shell operators,.... Command Injection finding detected in SKILL.md:48.
critical · Detects command injection patterns in agent skills: shell operators,.... Command Injection finding detected in SKILL.md:54.
critical · Detects command injection patterns in agent skills: shell operators,.... Command Injection finding detected in SKILL.md:85.
medium · Missing config.json - agent may not be properly configured. Permissions Manifest finding.
info · Skill manifest does not include a 'license' field. Specifying a license.... Policy Violation finding detected in SKILL.md.

Each finding is expandable in the interactive list below.

3-Layer Audit Protocol

Security Recommendations for n8n-api

Harden command execution

n8n-api constructs or runs system commands. Validate that commands are built only from trusted inputs, never pass user-controlled strings directly to a shell, and restrict execution to an allow-list of expected commands.

Resolve policy violations

n8n-api trips ClawSecure policy checks. Review each flagged pattern against your security policy and remediate or document an accepted exception before production use.

Add a config.json permissions manifest

A config.json file declares what an agent component can access: file system, network, shell execution and more. Without it, users have no visibility into what the component can do before installing. This is the single most impactful security improvement for any AI agent skill.

Pin dependencies to exact versions

Unpinned dependencies allow supply-chain attacks where a compromised version is pulled in automatically. Use exact version numbers in package.json (for example 1.2.3 instead of ^1.2.3) to keep unauthorized code out of your dependency tree. ClawSecure checks every dependency against known CVE databases.

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Scanned on February 7, 2026. n8n-api is one of thousands of agents audited by ClawSecure from the community-curated awesome-openclaw-skills list and the openclaw/skills repository.

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