Hardening and risk management
OpenClaw Security Hub
Security guidance for hardening OpenClaw, auditing deployments, and understanding real risk surfaces.
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How this topic page is organized
- Audit, hardening, and incident-response style content for real-world operators.
- Understand permissions, access controls, and the risks of third-party tools.
- Find source links and configuration examples for further investigation.
Curated Starting Points
Editor-picked entries to help you orient before diving into the full stack
OpenClaw Security: What You Need to Know
OpenClaw security depends on the trust boundary around the Gateway, not simply on whether the software runs locally. This guide maps documented advisories, affected configurations, practical controls, and residual risk.
OpenClaw Gateway Security Audit Runbook: Official Checks
A source-led OpenClaw gateway security audit runbook covering baseline checks, tuning, deep scans, access controls, and remediation evidence.
Sandbox vs Tool Policy vs Elevated Mode in OpenClaw: Security Deep Dive
A deep security breakdown of sandbox boundaries, tool policy, and elevated execution in OpenClaw.
OpenClaw Pairing and Allowlist Security Checklist
A practical security checklist for OpenClaw pairing flows, credential storage, and trusted sender controls.
OpenClaw Security Deep Dive: CVE-2026-25253, MCP Risks & How to Stay Safe
A practical security review for the CVE named in this legacy title, grounded in current advisories, Gateway controls, and MCP boundaries.
Self-Hosting OpenClaw with Docker: The Complete Guide
Run OpenClaw in Docker with controlled volumes, network exposure, and a repeatable update path.
OpenClaw Platform Overview: Features & Capabilities
A practical OpenClaw overview covering the Gateway, channels, skills, model providers, and local-first deployment.
OpenClaw Configuration Guide: Customize Your AI Assistant
Configure OpenClaw models, personality, skills, and runtime settings with a clear, testable setup.
Security Articles
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OpenClaw Update Safety Checklist for 2026
A short, repeatable checklist for backing up OpenClaw, reviewing release notes, testing a Gateway update, and keeping a verified rollback path.
OpenClaw v2026.9.2: Backups that preserve your data, what to verify
What changed in v2026.9.2: Backups that preserve your data. Keep supported reasoning and sampling settings correct when catalog metadata...
OpenClaw v2026.8.2: Safer upgrades, boundary review
v2026.8.2 stable notes lead with Safer upgrades. Update the release's managed Sharp dependency to 0.35.4 with libheif 1.23.2, fixing...
OpenClaw v2026.8.1: Follow work as it happens, upgrade notes
v2026.8.1 stable release: Follow work as it happens. Surface unavailable paired devices consistently while waiting for reconnection, and preserve...
How to verify an OpenClaw security update without rolling back into a known defect
A practical OpenClaw Gateway runbook for setting a security floor, verifying the active update, and choosing between package rollback and full-state recovery.
OpenClaw Incident Response: What to Do in the First Hour
A time-boxed response plan for suspected OpenClaw credential exposure or tool-boundary failure: contain the Gateway, preserve safe evidence, rotate the full credential family, and rebuild a smaller path.
When an OpenClaw Backup Becomes a Second Secret Store
A full OpenClaw backup can preserve the credentials that make a Gateway useful. Learn how to separate that archive from a safer recovery record containing paths, references, checks, and re-authentication steps.
Which OpenClaw Files Need a Permission Audit on a Gateway Host?
An operator-focused map of the OpenClaw Gateway files, directories, databases, workspaces, keys, backups, and alternate paths whose permissions can change the local trust boundary.
Multiple OpenClaw agents on one host: which security boundaries hold?
Separate OpenClaw agents can divide workspaces, credentials, and session state, but they do not turn one Gateway into hostile multi-tenant infrastructure. This guide maps the boundaries that survive a shared host and when to split the Gateway, OS user, or machine.