The OpenClaw security audit CLI is your front-line defense for identifying vulnerabilities in your deployment, skills, and configuration. This guide covers basic audits to find known issues, --deep scans for advanced analysis, --fix auto-remediation to patch vulnerabilities automatically, JSON output for integration with security platforms, and scheduling regular audits as part of your CI/CD pipeline.
Why This Is Hard to Do Yourself
These are the common pitfalls that trip people up.
Vulnerability detection coverage
Audit needs to check skills, configurations, dependencies, and network exposure — many tools miss coverage areas
False positives and noise
Too many unactionable warnings creates alert fatigue. Filtering and severity levels are critical
Auto-remediation risks
Auto-fix can break things if not careful. Need dry-run and validation before applying fixes
CI/CD integration complexity
Integrating audit into pipelines requires proper exit codes, JSON parsing, and failure policies
Step-by-Step Guide
Run a basic security audit
Scan for common vulnerabilities and configuration issues.
Run a deep audit with detailed analysis
Perform comprehensive vulnerability scanning with network checks and dependency analysis.
Warning: Deep audits take longer (5-10 minutes) and require network access. May trigger rate limits on vulnerability databases.
Review audit results by severity
Filter audit output by severity level.
Export results to JSON for integration
Generate machine-readable output for security tools and dashboards.
Use auto-remediation to fix detected issues
Automatically apply fixes for known vulnerabilities.
Warning: Always run --dry-run first to review changes. Auto-fix modifies configuration files and could break your setup if applied blindly.
Schedule regular audits with cron
Run automated audits on a schedule and get notified of new issues.
Integrate audits into CI/CD pipeline
Make deployments fail if critical vulnerabilities are detected.
Skip specific checks if needed
Exclude false positives or known accepted risks.
Security Audits Aren't One-Time Events
Regular auditing catches new vulnerabilities before they become exploits. Our security team configures continuous auditing, remediation workflows, and alerting so you stay ahead of threats.
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