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incidents/AIR-2026-0343

Exposed ClawdBot Control Interfaces Lead to Credential Access

Attack on AI3 Confirmed exploitationData leakAgent hijack

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.

Details

type
Attack on AI
An AI model, agent or AI-powered product was the thing exploited, abused or leaked.
categories
  • Data leakprimary
    Training data, chat logs, system prompts, model weights or other AI-system data exposed.
  • Agent hijack
    An AI agent is tricked into unauthorized actions: tool misuse, data exfiltration through the agent, or acting against its principal.
owasp llm top 10
mitre atlas
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
3 · Confirmed exploitation
Used against real targets; limited or unclear impact.
targets
Enterprise deployment, Open-weight model
products
OpenClaw, ClawdBot
incident date
25 Jan 2026
first reported
6 Feb 2026
origin
MITRE ATLAS
Derived from MITRE ATLAS (Apache 2.0, © MITRE).
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
clawdbot · openclaw · credential_access · misconfiguration
record
created 2026-10-18 06:55Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:55Z · json

Sources · 4

  1. 2026-02-06
    Exposed ClawdBot Control Interfaces Leads to Credential Access and Execution
    MITRE ATLAS · atlas.mitre.org/studies/AML.CS0048
  2. 2026-02-06
    GitHub - openclaw/openclaw: Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. GitHub
    GitHub · github.com/openclaw/openclaw
  3. 2026-02-06
    Clawdbot Control - Shodan Search
    shodan.io · shodan.io/search?query=Clawdbot+Control
  4. 2026-02-06
    hacking clawdbot and eating lobster souls
    x.com · x.com/theonejvo/status/2015401219746128322

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