{
 "public_id": "AIR-2026-0110",
 "incident_id": "2026-05-gtig-openclaw-malicious-skills",
 "date_disclosed": "2026-05-12",
 "date_occurred": null,
 "title": "Malicious packages distributed as OpenClaw skills executing unauthorised commands on host systems",
 "class": "in_the_wild",
 "attack_surface": "skill_plugin",
 "initial_vector": "malicious_agent_skill_package",
 "agent_capability_abused": [
  "skill_installation",
  "host_command_execution"
 ],
 "target_product": "OpenClaw",
 "target_vendor": "OpenClaw",
 "autonomy_level": "semi_autonomous",
 "impact_realized": true,
 "impact_type": [
  "arbitrary_code_execution",
  "credential_theft"
 ],
 "blast_radius": "OpenClaw users installing third-party skills",
 "cve": [],
 "taxonomy": {
  "owasp_asi": [
   "ASI03",
   "ASI04",
   "ASI05"
  ],
  "mitre_atlas": [],
  "labels": [
   "skill_supply_chain",
   "agent_marketplace"
  ]
 },
 "defense_present": null,
 "defense_bypassed": null,
 "fix_shipped": null,
 "primary_sources": [
  "https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/ai-vulnerability-exploitation-initial-access"
 ],
 "verified_quote": "the distribution of malicious packages masquerading as OpenClaw skills containing hidden routines designed to execute unauthorized code and commands on the host system",
 "confidence": "high",
 "notes": "Government/vendor-level confirmation of the same ecosystem problem Koi Security documented in detail as ClawHavoc (see 2026-02-koi-clawhavoc). Kept as a separate record because it is an independent observation by GTIG rather than the same dataset.",
 "risk_category": "security_fraud",
 "risk_secondary": [],
 "risk_subcategory": "Supply Chain Compromise",
 "risk_sub_secondary": [
  "Credential & Secret Theft",
  "Remote Code Execution & Sandbox Escape"
 ],
 "ai_entity": "generative",
 "agency": "agent_acted",
 "agency_debatable": false,
 "agency_reason": "the skills executed unauthorised commands on host systems via the agent",
 "vector_family": "malicious_component",
 "vector_detail": "malicious_agent_skill_package",
 "guardrail_kind": [
  "unknown"
 ],
 "guardrail_outcome": "silent",
 "xrefs": {
  "aiid": [],
  "atlas": [],
  "cve": [],
  "ghsa": []
 },
 "primary_asi": "ASI03",
 "agent_framework": "unknown",
 "model_provider": "unknown",
 "model_name": "",
 "detection_mechanism": "vendor_disclosure",
 "tool_access": "unknown",
 "financial_loss_band": "unknown",
 "eai_category": "supply_chain_vulnerabilities",
 "eai_domain": "tool_misuse",
 "eai_secondary": [
  "credential_theft",
  "privilege_escalation"
 ],
 "eai_reason": "subcategory: Supply Chain Compromise",
 "asi_curated": [
  "ASI03"
 ],
 "asi_scope": "in_scope",
 "asi_provenance": "curated_plus_rule",
 "asi_reason": "curated: ASI03 | added ASI04 (vector_family=malicious_component), ASI05 (impact=code_exec)",
 "submitted_by": "EAI Internal"
}