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CVE-2026-25253 — Openclaw

CVSS v3.1 8.8 (HIGH) · EPSS 0.0% (higher than 26.0% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 5.4/10 · Published 2026-02-01

As of 2026-02-13, CVE-2026-25253 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, CVSS v3.1 8.8, EPSS 0.0% (26.0th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 4 tracked threat campaigns to CVE-2026-25253, most recently “ClawHub Marketplace Skills Expose OpenClaw AI Agents to RCE, Data Theft, and Supply-Chain Backdoors (CVE-2026-25253)”.

Last updated: 2026-02-13

What is CVE-2026-25253?

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.

The record classifies CVE-2026-25253 under weakness class CWE-669. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs no prior authentication, needs a user to take an action first, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 223 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score: 8.8 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (FIRST): 0.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 26.0% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV: Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
Threadlinqs priority: 5.4/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
Published: 2026-02-01, last modified 2026-02-13

Is CVE-2026-25253 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 22 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

Openclaw: Openclaw

How to fix CVE-2026-25253

Vendor advisory: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-g8p2-7wf7-98mq. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-25253

4 tracked threats in the Threadlinqs corpus reference CVE-2026-25253, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

ClawHub Marketplace Skills Expose OpenClaw AI Agents to RCE, Data Theft, and Supply-Chain Backdoors (CVE-2026-25253) — HIGH · 2026-07-11
OpenClaw AI Agent Framework Security Concerns Prompt Detection Tooling — MEDIUM · 2026-02-03
CVE-2026-25253: OpenClaw One-Click RCE via Malicious Link — CRITICAL · 2026-02-03
OpenClaw CVE-2026-25253: One-Click RCE via Token Exfiltration — HIGH · 2026-02-02

Sources

Seeded from nvd and not yet processed by the Threadlinqs enrichment pipeline, so blank CVSS, EPSS or KEV fields above mean NOT MEASURED rather than measured-absent.

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