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A background service that scores your OpenClaw deployment's real attack surface by analyzing which unpatched CVE combinations create chainable exploits

OpenClaw accumulated 138 CVEs in under five months. The Claw Chain disclosure showed that four individually medium-severity CVEs can be chained into a CVSS 9.6 full-compromise attack. Existing security scanners check for individual CVEs one at a time but miss the combinatorial risk. A deployment running three unpatched medium-severity CVEs might actually have a critical-severity attack path that no single-CVE scanner would flag. This service continuously maps your specific OpenClaw version, plugins, and config against known attack chains to produce a real composite risk score.

Demand Breakdown

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Gap Assessment

CompetitiveMultiple tools exist but differentiation opportunities remain

4 tools exist (SecureClaw, NanoClaw, ClawSec by Prompt Security, jgamblin/OpenClawCVEs) but gaps remain: Checks CVEs individually. No chain analysis, no composite risk scoring, no continuous monitoring; Replacement, not a security tool. Does not help existing OpenClaw deployments assess or reduce risk.

Features4 agent-ready prompts

CVE chain graph builder that maps which vulnerability combinations create escalation paths from the 138+ known OpenClaw CVEs
Deployment fingerprinter that detects exact OpenClaw version, active plugins, exposed ports, and sandbox configuration
Composite risk scorer that calculates real attack surface from fingerprint matched against the CVE chain graph
Slack and email alerting when new CVE disclosures create previously non-existent attack chains against your deployment

Competitive LandscapeFREE

ProductDoesMissing
SecureClawOpen-source security plugin with 55 automated audit checks for OpenClaw installationsChecks CVEs individually. No chain analysis, no composite risk scoring, no continuous monitoring
NanoClawContainer-isolated OpenClaw alternative in ~500 lines. Prevents exploitation by designReplacement, not a security tool. Does not help existing OpenClaw deployments assess or reduce risk
ClawSec by Prompt SecuritySecurity skill suite with drift detection, automated audits, and skill integrity verificationNo CVE chain analysis. Focuses on skill-level threats, not infrastructure vulnerability combinations
jgamblin/OpenClawCVEsTracks all OpenClaw CVEs in a structured repositoryData only. No analysis of which CVEs combine, no deployment-specific risk scoring, no alerting

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