Agent Security
Claw Chain: Four Chained CVEs Turn 245,000 OpenClaw Agents Into Backdoors (May 2026)
Cyera disclosed four chainable flaws in OpenClaw on May 15, 2026 that take an autonomous agent from prompt injection to credential theft, privilege escalation, and a persistent backdoor. Roughly 245,000 instances sit exposed on the internet.
May 16, 202611 min read