Exposed ClawdBot Control Interfaces Lead to Credential Access
OpenClaw, ClawdBot
A researcher discovered hundreds of unauthenticated ClawdBot control interfaces exposed on the public internet. The exposure allowed unauthorized access to configuration files, credentials, and execution of assistant skills.
- first report
- 6 Feb 2026
- last update
- 6 Feb 2026
Timeline · 4
Sources · 4
News and write-ups
- 2026-02-06GitHub - openclaw/openclaw: Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. GitHubGitHub · github.com/openclaw/openclaw
- 2026-02-06Clawdbot Control - Shodan Searchshodan.io · shodan.io/search?query=Clawdbot+Control
- 2026-02-06hacking clawdbot and eating lobster soulsx.com · x.com/theonejvo/status/2015401219746128322
Research and catalogues
- 2026-02-06Exposed ClawdBot Control Interfaces Leads to Credential Access and ExecutionMITRE ATLAS · atlas.mitre.org/studies/AML.CS0048
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Classification
- AI role
- Attack on AI
- categories
- Data leakAgent hijack
- severity
- 3 · Confirmed exploitation
- targets
- Enterprise deployment, Open-weight model
- mitre atlas
- AML.T0053 AI Agent Tool Invocation
- dates
- happened 25 Jan 2026 · first reported 6 Feb 2026
- origin
- MITRE ATLASDerived from MITRE ATLAS (Apache 2.0, © MITRE).
- record
- confidence 0.95 · created 2026-10-18 06:55Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:55Z
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# Exposed ClawdBot Control Interfaces Lead to Credential Access https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/exposed-clawdbot-control-interfaces-lead-to-credential-acces · AIR-2026-0343 · closed 2026-02-20 - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation) - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2026-02-06 (happened 2026-01-25) - AI role: Attack on AI - Products: OpenClaw, ClawdBot ## Summary A researcher discovered hundreds of unauthenticated ClawdBot control interfaces exposed on the public internet. The exposure allowed unauthorized access to configuration files, credentials, and execution of assistant skills. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2026-02-06: hacking clawdbot and eating lobster souls (https://x.com/theonejvo/status/2015401219746128322) - 2026-02-06: Clawdbot Control - Shodan Search (https://shodan.io/search?query=Clawdbot+Control) - 2026-02-06: GitHub - openclaw/openclaw: Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. GitHub (https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw) - 2026-02-06: Exposed ClawdBot Control Interfaces Leads to Credential Access and Execution (https://atlas.mitre.org/studies/AML.CS0048) ## Sources - 2026-02-06 MITRE ATLAS: Exposed ClawdBot Control Interfaces Leads to Credential Access and Execution https://atlas.mitre.org/studies/AML.CS0048 - 2026-02-06 GitHub: GitHub - openclaw/openclaw: Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. GitHub https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw - 2026-02-06 shodan.io: Clawdbot Control - Shodan Search https://shodan.io/search?query=Clawdbot+Control - 2026-02-06 x.com: hacking clawdbot and eating lobster souls https://x.com/theonejvo/status/2015401219746128322 Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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