---
id: 6198
title: "Hunting OpenClaw Exposures: CVE-2026-25253 in Internet-Facing AI Agent Gateways"
cve: CVE-2026-25253
cvss: 8.8
severity: high
source_domain: hunt.io
source_url: "https://hunt.io/blog/cve-2026-25253-openclaw-ai-agent-exposure"
published_at: "2026-02-03T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["ai-security", "vulnerability", "ai-agents", "credential-exposure", "openclaw", "cve-2026-25253", "internet-scanning"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/6198"
lang: en
---

# Hunting OpenClaw Exposures: CVE-2026-25253 in Internet-Facing AI Agent Gateways

## Summary

Hunt.io found over 17,500 exposed OpenClaw, Clawdbot and Moltbot instances vulnerable to CVE-2026-25253, which lets unauthenticated attackers read stored AI-service API tokens via /api/export-auth.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** hunt.io
- **CVE:** CVE-2026-25253
- **CVSS:** 8.8
- **Published:** 2026-02-03T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://hunt.io/blog/cve-2026-25253-openclaw-ai-agent-exposure
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/6198