An automated security vulnerability monitor and analysis agent that tracks codebase dependencies and performs deep triage on critical CVEs.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install cve-sentinel
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install cve-sentinel using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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What is CVE Sentinel?
CVE Sentinel is a specialized security agent tool designed to continuously monitor your open-source software dependencies for newly disclosed vulnerabilities. By systematically interfacing with authoritative databases—including NVD, OSV, GHSA, and the CISA KEV catalog—the skill proactively flags potential security exposures within your software supply chain while discarding out-of-scope version alerts.
As a core component in the ecosystem of Openclaw Skills, CVE Sentinel does not just alert you to issues; it performs the heavy lifting of security triaging. For high-severity threats (CVSS >= 7), it automatically launches a six-dimension deep analysis pipeline, detailing patch commits, exploit vectors, and multi-option mitigation strategies, allowing developers and security teams to resolve threats with minimal friction.
CVE Sentinel Use Cases
- Continuous Dependency Monitoring: Actively watch open-source libraries and infrastructure dependencies for new threat disclosures.
- High-Severity Threat Triage: Automate technical research and deep audits for vulnerabilities scoring CVSS 7 or higher.
- Automated Inventory Parsing: Extract third-party packages straight from your code repository to populate a watchable inventory.
- CISA KEV Prioritization: Quickly isolate actively exploited vulnerabilities to prevent severe, live-fire attacks.
How CVE Sentinel Works
- Dependency Extraction: The user runs an extraction script against their project directory to parse dependencies and build a
watchlist.yamlconfiguration file. - Vulnerability Querying: The skill runs a background query checking for newly updated or disclosed CVEs across OSV, NVD, and GitHub Advisory databases.
- Scope Validation: The agent compares the targeted vulnerability version scopes against the specific versions configured in the watchlist.
- Severity Triaging: Low-severity items (CVSS < 7) are compiled into a simplified, readable markdown summary table. High-severity items (CVSS >= 7) trigger the deep analysis pipeline.
- Exploit & Patch Discovery: The agent pulls official advisories, patch commits, exploit repositories, and active weaponization signals from the CISA KEV database.
- Six-Dimension Reporting: A markdown-based, thorough analysis is produced, assessing root cause, trigger conditions, exact boundaries of impact, mitigation matrices, terminal verification commands, and long-term upgrade paths.
- Indexing: Result paths and metadata are saved to
reports/INDEX.mdto prevent duplicate efforts during subsequent scans.
CVE Sentinel Setup
To leverage this utility within your Openclaw Skills runtime, set up your configuration and run scripts as follows.
First, extract your project's third-party dependencies to build a watchlist:
python scripts/extract-deps.py --watchlist watchlist.yaml --project-dir /path/to/your/project
Run the continuous monitoring script to check for newly disclosed vulnerabilities over the past 7 days:
python scripts/query-vulns.py --watchlist watchlist.yaml --days 7 --index reports/INDEX.md
To run a targeted, one-off deep analysis against a specific CVE ID:
python scripts/query-vulns.py --watchlist watchlist.yaml --cve CVE-YYYY-XXXXX
CVE Sentinel Data Schema & Taxonomy
CVE Sentinel maintains a clean directory layout and structured output schema for all generated audit assets:
Directory Layout
| Path | Format | Description |
|---|---|---|
watchlist.yaml |
YAML | Main inventory tracking software names, ecosystems, and monitored versions. |
reports/INDEX.md |
Markdown | Central master index tracking tracked vulnerabilities, CVSS scores, and report paths. |
reports/raw-results.json |
JSON | Raw threat feeds returned from OSV, NVD, and advisory database queries. |
reports/YYYY-MM-DD-{CVE-ID}.md |
Markdown | Deep analysis report documenting the threat across six security dimensions. |
Deep Analysis Report Specifications
Reports generated for high-severity threats contain the following sections:
- Root Cause: Structural defect description, patch commit references, and vulnerable code lines.
- Trigger Conditions: Input variables, endpoints, prerequisite setups, and attack complexity.
- Impact Scope: System boundaries, side-channel implications, and secondary pivot risks.
- Mitigation Comparison: Comparison of at least 3 quick fixes, temporary workarounds, or configuration adjustments.
- Verification: Verifiable test scripts or terminal commands to validate exposure status.
- Long-term Plan: Target package version goals, transition timelines, and deprecation schedules for temporary mitigations.
CVE Sentinel Advanced Features
- Six-Dimension Automations: Generates highly detailed technical briefs with zero manual research required for complex exploits.
- Active Threat Tracking: Cross-references CVEs with the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) database to quickly escalate responses on active zero-days.
- Ecosystem-Specific OSV Matching: Minimizes false-alarm alerts by matching exact packages and versions through OSV APIs instead of relies only on broad CPE matching.
- State-Preserving Indexing: Uses historical indexes to skip already-analyzed threats, saving rate limits and processing power.
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