How to Audit Your OpenClaw Instance for Exposed Credentials

TL;DR 42,000+ OpenClaw instances are exposed on the public internet with critical authentication bypasses. If you're running OpenClaw, your instance is likely leaking API keys, user tokens, and conversation data. This guide walks you through detecting if YOUR instance is compromised — and how to lock it down. What You Need To Know 42,000+ instances exposed on the public internet (93% with critical auth bypass) CVE-2026-25253 (CVSS 8.8): One-click RCE via token theft — malicious websites hijack active bots 1.5M API tokens leaked in the Moltbook backend misconfiguration alone, plus 35K user emails 341 malicious skills found in ClawHub (credential theft, malware delivery) 36.82% of scanned skills have at least one security flaw per Snyk audit Plaintext credential storage — API keys, OAuth tokens, sensitive conversations stored unencrypted WebSocket hijacking — attackers can take control of active bot instances remotely This is the largest security incident in sovereign AI history — securi