Hardening and risk management
OpenClaw Security Hub
Security guidance for hardening OpenClaw, auditing deployments, and understanding real risk surfaces.
In this collection
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
Is OpenClaw Secure? Security Guide, Audit & Risks
Understand OpenClaw security through Gateway trust boundaries, access controls, prompt injection, browser and plugin risks, audits, advisories, and recovery.
OpenClaw Security Audit: Commands, Deep Scan & Runbook
Run openclaw doctor, security audit, --deep, and health checks with a practical OpenClaw Gateway runbook for access controls, tuning, remediation evidence, and recovery.
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.