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Critical Claw Chain Vulnerabilities Expose Thousands of OpenClaw AI Servers

Summary

Cyera Research discovered 'Claw Chain,' a set of four vulnerabilities in the OpenClaw AI agent platform that allow attackers to escape sandboxes, escalate privileges, and steal sensitive credentials. The flaws affect up to 180,000 publicly exposed servers and enable full system takeover by chaining multiple exploits.

Take Action:

If you use OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot) AI agent platform, update it immediately to the patched version released on April 23, 2026. Place any internet-facing instances behind strong authentication or firewalls, and restrict the agent's access to only the data it truly needs.


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