clawsec/skills/clawsec-suite/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to the ClawSec Suite will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[0.1.4] - 2026-02-28

Added

• Advisory output snippets now include exploitability context in suite quick-check and heartbeat examples.

Changed

• Clarified exploitability guidance to match runtime score values (high|medium|low|unknown).
• Prioritization guidance now emphasizes high-exploitability advisories for immediate handling.

Fixed

• Kept exploitability enrichment in advisory workflows non-fatal per item so a single analysis failure does not abort feed updates.

[0.1.3]

Added

• Contributor credit: portability and path-hardening improvements in this release were contributed by @aldodelgado in PR #62.
• Cross-shell path resolution support for home-directory tokens in suite path configuration (~, $HOME, ${HOME}, %USERPROFILE%, $env:HOME).
• Dedicated path-resolution regression coverage (test/path_resolution.test.mjs) including fallback behavior for invalid explicit path values.
• Additional advisory/installer tests validating home-token expansion and escaped-token rejection.

Changed

• Advisory guardian hook now resolves configured path environment variables through a shared portability helper.
• Guarded install flow now resolves feed/signature/checksum/public-key path overrides through the same shared path helper for consistent behavior across shells/OSes.
• Advisory matching now explicitly scopes to application: "openclaw" when present; legacy advisories without application remain eligible for backward compatibility.

Fixed

• Prevented advisory-check bypass when a single explicit path env var is malformed: invalid explicit values now fall back to safe defaults instead of aborting the entire hook run.

Security

• Escaped/unexpanded home-token inputs in path config are explicitly rejected while preserving secure defaults.

[0.1.2]

Added

• Advisory suppression module (hooks/clawsec-advisory-guardian/lib/suppression.mjs).
• loadAdvisorySuppression() -- loads suppression config with enabledFor: ["advisory"] sentinel gate.
• isAdvisorySuppressed() -- matches advisory.id === rule.checkId + case-insensitive skill name.
• Advisory guardian handler integration: partitions matches into active/suppressed after findMatches().
• Suppressed matches tracked in state file (prevents re-evaluation) but not alerted.
• Soft notification message for suppressed matches count.
• Advisory suppression tests (13 tests in advisory_suppression.test.mjs).
• Documentation in SKILL.md for advisory suppression/allowlist mechanism.

Changed

• Advisory guardian handler (handler.ts) now loads suppression config and filters matches before alerting.

Security

• Advisory suppression gated by config file sentinel (enabledFor: ["advisory"]) -- no CLI flag needed but config must explicitly opt in.
• Suppressed matches are still tracked in state to maintain audit trail.

[0.1.1] - 2026-02-16

Added

• Added scripts/discover_skill_catalog.mjs to dynamically discover installable skills from https://clawsec.prompt.security/skills/index.json.
• Added test/skill_catalog_discovery.test.mjs to validate remote-catalog loading and fallback behavior.
• Added CI signing-key drift guard script: scripts/ci/verify_signing_key_consistency.sh.

Changed

• Updated SKILL.md to use dynamic catalog discovery commands instead of hard-coded optional-skill names.
• Updated advisory feed defaults to signed-host URL (https://clawsec.prompt.security/advisories/feed.json).
• Improved checksum manifest key compatibility in feed verification logic (supports basename and advisories/* key formats).
• Kept openclaw-audit-watchdog as a standalone skill (not embedded in clawsec-suite).

Security

• Signing key drift control: CI now enforces that all public key references (inline SKILL.md PEM, canonical .pem files, workflow-generated keys) resolve to the same fingerprint. Prevents stale, fabricated, or rotated-but-not-propagated key material from reaching releases.
  • Enforced in: .github/workflows/skill-release.yml, .github/workflows/deploy-pages.yml
  • Guard script: scripts/ci/verify_signing_key_consistency.sh

Fixed

• Fixed fabricated signing key in SKILL.md: The manual installation script contained a hallucinated Ed25519 public key and fingerprint (35866e1b...) that never corresponded to the actual release signing key. Replaced with the real public key derived from the GitHub-secret-held private key. The bogus key was introduced in v0.0.10 (Integration/signing work #20) and went undetected because no consistency check existed at the time.
• Corrected checksums.sig naming in release verification documentation.

[0.0.10] - 2026-02-11

Security

Transport Security Hardening

• TLS Version Enforcement: Eliminated support for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1, enforcing minimum TLS 1.2 for all HTTPS connections
• Certificate Validation: Enabled strict certificate validation (rejectUnauthorized: true) to prevent MITM attacks
• Domain Allowlist: Restricted advisory feed connections to approved domains only:
  • clawsec.prompt.security (official ClawSec feed host)
  • prompt.security (parent domain)
  • raw.githubusercontent.com (GitHub raw content)
  • github.com (GitHub releases)
• Strong Cipher Suites: Configured modern cipher suites (AES-GCM, ChaCha20-Poly1305) for secure connections

Signature Verification & Checksum Validation

• Fixed unverified file publication: Refactored deploy-pages.yml workflow to download release assets to temporary directory before signature verification, ensuring unverified files never reach public directory
• Fixed schema mismatch: Updated deploy-pages.yml to generate checksums.json with proper schema_version and algorithm fields that match parser expectations
• Fixed missing checksums abort: Updated loadRemoteFeed to gracefully skip checksum verification when checksums.json is missing (e.g., GitHub raw content), while still enforcing fail-closed signature verification
• Fixed parser strictness: Enhanced parseChecksumsManifest to accept legacy manifest formats through a fallback chain:
  1. schema_version (new standard)
  2. version (skill-release.yml format)
  3. generated_at (old deploy-pages.yml format)
  4. "1" (ultimate fallback)

Changed

• Advisory feed loader now uses secureFetch wrapper with TLS 1.2+ enforcement and domain validation
• Checksum verification is now graceful: feeds load successfully from sources without checksums (e.g., GitHub raw) while maintaining fail-closed signature verification
• Workflow release mirroring flow changed from download → verify → skip to download to temp → verify → mirror (fail = delete temp)

Fixed

• Unverified skill releases no longer published to public directory on signature verification failure
• Schema mismatch between generated and expected checksums manifest fields
• Feed loading failures when checksums.json missing from upstream sources
• Parser rejection of valid legacy manifest formats

Security Impact

• Fail-closed security maintained: All feed signatures still verified; invalid signatures reject feed loading
• No backward compatibility break: Legacy manifests continue working through fallback chain
• Enhanced transport security: Connections protected against downgrade attacks and MITM
• Defense in depth: Multiple layers of verification (domain, TLS, certificate, signature, checksum)

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Release Notes Template

When creating a new release, copy this template to the GitHub release notes:

## Security Improvements

### Transport Security
✅ TLS 1.2+ enforcement (eliminated TLS 1.0, 1.1)
✅ Strict certificate validation
✅ Domain allowlist (prompt.security, github.com only)
✅ Modern cipher suites (AES-GCM, ChaCha20-Poly1305)

### Signature & Checksum Verification
✅ Unverified files never published (temp directory workflow)
✅ Proper schema fields in generated checksums.json
✅ Graceful fallback when checksums missing (GitHub raw)
✅ Legacy manifest format support (backward compatible)

### Testing
All verification tests passed:
- ✅ Unit tests: 14/14 passed
- ✅ Parser lenience: 3/3 legacy formats accepted
- ✅ Remote loading: Gracefully handles missing checksums
- ✅ Workflow security: Temp directory prevents unverified publication