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Dangerous by Default: What OpenClaw CVE Record Tells Us About Agentic AI

Your AI assistant just received a WhatsApp message. It ran a shell command. Then it wrote new code and executed it. This is how OpenClaw works by design — and why 104 vulnerabilities appeared in 18 days.

OpenClaw (previously known as Clawdbot and Moltbot) is an autonomous local AI agent that can write code, run shell commands, access files, send messages, and control a browser.

It has become the fastest-growing GitHub repository in history. When the pace of development overtakes security scrutiny, bad things start to happen.

👉 Read more: https://secdim.com/blog/post/dangerous-by-default-what-openclaw-cve-record-tells-us-about-agentic-ai-18022/

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