switchbot is an AI agent skill, created by daaab and published at openclaw/skills. ClawSecure audited switchbot across 3 files through the 3-Layer Audit Protocol covering all ten OWASP ASI Top 10 categories, assigning a security score of 65/100 (Medium Risk). The 5 findings concentrate in Data Exfiltration, Policy Violation and Unauthorized Tool Use, including Pattern detected: base64.b64encode and Pattern detected: import urllib.request. 1 was rated high or critical severity.
Is switchbot safe?
ClawSecure audited switchbot and assigned a security score of 65/100 (Medium Risk), identifying 5 findings across Data Exfiltration and Policy Violation. Review the findings below before installing.
What did ClawSecure find in switchbot?
ClawSecure identified 5 findings in switchbot, concentrated in Data Exfiltration, Policy Violation and Unauthorized Tool Use. 1 was rated high or critical severity. The most severe include Pattern detected: base64.b64encode and Pattern detected: import urllib.request.
How was switchbot audited?
ClawSecure ran switchbot through its 3-Layer Audit Protocol with full OWASP ASI Top 10 coverage, scanning 3 files from openclaw/skills.
What does a score of 65 mean?
ClawSecure assigned switchbot a security score of 65/100, placing it in the Medium Risk range. This reflects 5 findings led by Data Exfiltration that warrant review before production 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 switchbot
ClawSecure detected 5 security findings in switchbot, spanning Data Exfiltration, Policy Violation, Unauthorized Tool Use and Permissions Manifest.
- critical · Pattern detected: base64.b64encode. Data Exfiltration finding detected in
scripts/switchbot.py:44. - medium · Pattern detected: import urllib.request. Data Exfiltration finding detected in
scripts/switchbot.py:12. - medium · Skill code uses network libraries but doesn't declare network.... Unauthorized Tool Use finding.
- 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 switchbot
Audit external network connections
Resolve policy violations
Add a config.json permissions manifest
Pin dependencies to exact versions
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.Related Security Research
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Scanned on February 7, 2026. switchbot is one of thousands of agents audited by ClawSecure from the community-curated awesome-openclaw-skills list and the openclaw/skills repository.