CVE•Published 2026-02-01•2 articles on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-25253
Vulnerability data via CVEDB (Shodan)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
EPSS percentile
94
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 6% of all CVEs
Description
OpenClaw (aka clawdbot or Moltbot) before 2026.1.29 obtains a gatewayUrl value from a query string and automatically makes a WebSocket connection without prompting, sending a token value.
Timeline
Published 2026-02-01
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-25253Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Openclaw Openclaw" version:"0.1.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Openclaw"HTTP body or banner mentions "Openclaw" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-25253Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-25253Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-25253Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-25253GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-25253" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (8)
CVE-2026-252538 repos
nomi-sec/PoC-in-GitHubunknown
📡 PoC auto collect from GitHub. ⚠️ Be careful Malware.
Threekiii/Awesome-POCJava
一个漏洞 PoC 知识库。A knowledge base for vulnerability PoCs(Proof of Concept), with 1k+ vulnerabilities.
qhkm/zeptoclawRust
Fast, small, secure, local-first personal AI assistant infrastructure: one Rust binary for tools, memory, channels, providers, and sandboxed autonomy.
rohitg00/awesome-openclawPython
SponsioLabs/SponsioPython
Deterministic safety solutions for probabilistic AI agents
adversa-ai/secureclawTypeScript
SecureClaw - Security Plugin and Skill for OpenClaw OWASP-Aligned
shuolucs/Awesome-OpenClaw-Researchunknown
🦞 Research-oriented collection of papers, analyses & resources on the OpenClaw ecosystem
cathrynlavery/openclaw-opsShell
OpenClaw operations skill with health checks, repair scripts, watchdogs, update triage, and security scans.