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ClawHavoc weaponized OpenClaw skills to deliver wallet-stealing malware

Trellix documented ClawHavoc, a malicious-skill supply-chain campaign targeting OpenClaw's ecosystem. More than 350 malicious or typosquatted skills were identified; instructions could lead agents or users toward malware installation, and the delivered stealer targeted more than 60 cryptocurrency wallets. Trellix emphasized that the OpenClaw issues it reproduced were associated mainly with older releases and were absent from current versions at publication.

First seen
Aug 19, 2026
Case kind
incident
AI role
AGAINST AI
Claims
6

Reconstruction

Claims & evidence

reported findingsupported

The attack path combined malicious skill instructions with host-level command execution and malware delivery, exploiting the fact that agent frameworks can act directly on the operating system.

  • supports
    Trellix - OpenClaw supply-chain crisis / ClawHavoc

    Locator: SRC-TRELLIX-CLAWHAVOC-AUG19

    The attack path combined malicious skill instructions with host-level command execution and malware delivery, exploiting the fact that agent frameworks can act directly on the operating system.
reported findingsupported

Trellix identified more than 350 malicious or typosquatted skills in the ClawHub/OpenClaw ecosystem.

reported findingsupported

Trellix identified more than 350 malicious or typosquatted OpenClaw skills in the ClawHavoc campaign.

reported findingsupported

Trellix stated that the specific OpenClaw issues it reproduced were principally from older releases and were not present in current versions at publication.

  • supports
    Trellix - OpenClaw supply-chain crisis / ClawHavoc

    Locator: SRC-TRELLIX-CLAWHAVOC-AUG19

    Trellix stated that the specific OpenClaw issues it reproduced were principally from older releases and were not present in current versions at publication.
reported findingsupported

Trellix says the delivered stealer targeted more than 60 cryptocurrency wallets.

reported findingsupported

The stealer targeted more than 60 cryptocurrency wallets, including MetaMask, Phantom, Exodus and Electrum.

Implications

What remains unknown

  • The report does not establish a complete victim count or aggregate cryptocurrency loss.

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DiggingBeagle. “ClawHavoc weaponized OpenClaw skills to deliver wallet-stealing malware.” First seen Aug 19, 2026. https://diggingbeagle.com/cases/clawhavoc-weaponized-openclaw-skills-to-deliver-wallet-stealing-malware/

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