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Four OpenClaw flaws let attackers steal data, escalate privileges, and plant backdoors through the agent’s own sandbox

  • Ana Maria Constantin--The Next Web
  • published date: 2026-05-16 10:15:12 UTC

Cybersecurity researchers at Cyera have disclosed four vulnerabilities in OpenClaw that, when chained together, allow an attacker to steal sensitive data, escalate privileges, and establish persistent control over a compromised host. The flaws, collectively d…

TL;DR Four chainable OpenClaw flaws dubbed Claw Chain let attackers weaponise the agents own sandbox. Patches are live. Cybersecurity researchers at Cyera have disclosed four vulnerabilities in Ope… [+5053 chars]