A CLI security scanner that intercepts and blocks malicious ClawHub skills before they compromise your OpenClaw instance

ClawHub has 824+ malicious skills in circulation. 12% of published skills contain malicious code, supply chain rug-pulls, or data exfiltration payloads like AMOS stealer and ClawHavoc. OpenClaw's built-in VirusTotal integration only catches known signatures after publication, leaving zero-day threats and behavioral exploits wide open. This tool sits between ClawHub and your install command, running behavioral analysis, permission auditing, and network call inspection on every skill before it touches your system.

Demand Breakdown

GitHub

123,581

72,170

Social Proof 4 sources

824 malicious skills found in ClawHub supply chain audit

@security-researchers · 2026-03

88,000 HN

OpenClaw hit with 9 CVEs in 4 days, including RCE vulnerabilities

@multiple · 2026-03

72,000 GH

Data exfiltration to Feishu via skill capability evolution

@security-researchers · 2026-03

35,581 HN

Agents of Chaos research exposes 11 failure patterns in OpenClaw agents

@kykeonaut · 2026-03

170

Gap Assessment

CompetitiveMultiple tools exist but differentiation opportunities remain

5 tools exist (ClawSecure, DefenseClaw (Cisco), VirusTotal Integration, openclaw-security-monitor, ClawSec (Prompt Security)) but gaps remain: No pre-install blocking, no behavioral sandbox, no CVE feed integration, no CLI interceptor; Enterprise-only, requires NVIDIA OpenShell, not standalone CLI skill for individual devs.

Features3 agent-ready prompts

Static and dynamic analyzer that decompiles skill packages, runs them in a sandbox, and flags file access, network calls, or prompt injection patterns before install

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Background watcher that hashes installed skill files and alerts when contents change between versions or diverge from the ClawHub registry

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Poller that pulls NVD and GitHub Advisory feeds, matches CVEs against installed skill dependencies, and blocks affected skills until patched

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Competitive LandscapeFREE

Product	Does	Missing
ClawSecure	3-layer audit protocol, OWASP ASI Top 10 coverage, Watchtower post-install drift detection	No pre-install blocking, no behavioral sandbox, no CVE feed integration, no CLI interceptor
DefenseClaw (Cisco)	Skills Scanner, MCP Scanner, AI BoM, CodeGuard bundled in NVIDIA OpenShell runtime	Enterprise-only, requires NVIDIA OpenShell, not standalone CLI skill for individual devs
VirusTotal Integration	SHA-256 hash checking on published skills, signature-based malware detection	Only catches known signatures, no behavioral analysis, no zero-day detection, post-publication only
openclaw-security-monitor	Detects ClawHavoc, AMOS stealer, CVE-2026-25253, memory poisoning, supply chain attacks	No pre-install scanning, monitoring only (reactive not preventive), solo maintainer project
ClawSec (Prompt Security)	SOUL.md drift detection, security recommendations, automated audits, skill integrity verification	Suite approach (not focused pre-install scanner), requires full installation, enterprise-oriented