OpenClaw fixes 23 confirmed vulnerabilities after Trail of Bits audit
The local AI agent shipped fixes for two high-severity and 16 medium-severity flaws, many involving permissions lost between tasks.
By RuntimeWire Staff · Published
Primary source: OpenClaw Newsroom
Why it matters
OpenClaw gives agents access to messages, memory, files and host tools. Finding 23 confirmed flaws shows how easily authorization can break as agent work branches, moves or continues in the background.

Peter Steinberger (@steipete) built OpenClaw to give people an AI agent that runs on their own computers and acts across messages, memory, files and other tools. On September 21st, OpenClaw disclosed the results of a broad security audit that found 23 confirmed vulnerabilities in the permissions and data-handling machinery supporting that access.…
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