TC-2026-0005 · GH · LURE

openclaw-ai/openclaw-installer@main

SEO-poisoned GitHub repositories impersonating OpenClaw installers. Ranked in AI search answers and delivered Vidar, GhostSocks, and AMOS infostealers.

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Signed ledger verdict

TC-2026-0005
Known bad (exit 2) gh:openclaw-ai/openclaw-installer

IOC & scope: gh:openclaw-ai/openclaw-installer. Verified by human review and signed into the CC-BY 4.0 OSV v1.6.0 feed.

Credited finder
Huntress ↗
Recorded timestamp
2026-02-22
Canonical SHA-256
5aaeeb565d172a18…
Local hook action
Block (exit 2)
Run live in Counter Workbench

Signed in /feed.json (.sig).

01 8-Vector Capability X-Ray (ABOM) & OWASP Agentic Crosswalk

Deterministic capability profile and taxonomy mapping.

Every artifact in the threat.cafe ledger is profiled across eight execution vectors and mapped to the OWASP Top 10 for Agentic Applications (ASI01-ASI10) and Agentic Skills & Tools (AST01-AST10).

8-Vector Capability X-Ray (ABOM)

  1. 1. Filesystem
    Sensitive paths touched: ~/.config/google-chrome, ~/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware, ~/.ssh/*
  2. 2. Environment
    Variables harvested: GITHUB_TOKEN, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
  3. 3. Network
    Outbound egress domains: ghostsocks-relay.invalid:8443
  4. 4. Subprocess
    Process execution primitives: curl -sL | bash, powershell -ep bypass
  5. 5. Lifecycle
    Install / startup hooks: None observed
  6. 6. OAuth / MCP
    Declared scopes: None observed
  7. 7. Obfuscation
    Encoding / steganography: None observed
  8. 8. Provenance
    Attestation status: impersonator_github_org

Governance & detector mapping

  1. OWASP Agentic ASI (2026): ASI01 (Agent Goal Hijack), ASI04 (Agentic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities)
  2. OWASP Agentic AST (2026): AST02 (Tool & Skill Injection), AST06 (Unverified Third-Party Skills)
  3. Deterministic rules matched: RULE_05_PROMPT_EXFIL_SHELL, RULE_06_RELEASE_AGE_GATE

Version scoping & related records

  • No other versions of this package are currently listed on the board. Unlisted versions evaluate to unknown under local policy.yml.

Local CLI verification

$ threat-cafe-hook check "gh:openclaw-ai/openclaw-installer"
[threat.cafe] known_bad: gh:openclaw-ai/openclaw-installer (TC-2026-0005)
  Reason: SEO-poisoned GitHub repositories impersonating OpenClaw installers. Ranked in AI search an
  Source: https://www.huntress.com/blog/openclaw-github-ghostsocks-infostealer (credited to Huntress)

OSV v1.6.0 machine-readable record

Included in /feed.json under CC-BY 4.0 license and verified by /feed.json.sig.

{
  "schema_version": "1.6.0",
  "id": "TC-2026-0005",
  "modified": "2026-02-22T16:10:00Z",
  "published": "2026-02-22T16:10:00Z",
  "summary": "SEO-poisoned GitHub repositories impersonating OpenClaw installers. Ranked in AI search answers and delivered Vidar, GhostSocks, and AMOS infostealers.",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "gh",
        "name": "openclaw-ai/openclaw-installer"
      },
      "versions": [
        "main"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "Huntress",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.huntress.com/blog/openclaw-github-ghostsocks-infostealer"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://threat.cafe/incidents/tc-2026-0005/"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "target": "gh:openclaw-ai/openclaw-installer",
    "kind": "lure",
    "verdict": "known_bad",
    "ioc": "gh:openclaw-ai/openclaw-installer",
    "artifact_sha256": "5aaeeb565d172a18ddc8979f6f300fa5dab9b39e451845d3d059be26be982c46",
    "owasp_asi": [
      "ASI01",
      "ASI04"
    ],
    "owasp_ast": [
      "AST02",
      "AST06"
    ],
    "rules_matched": [
      "RULE_05_PROMPT_EXFIL_SHELL",
      "RULE_06_RELEASE_AGE_GATE"
    ],
    "abom": {
      "fs_sensitive": [
        "~/.config/google-chrome",
        "~/Library/Application Support/BraveSoftware",
        "~/.ssh/*"
      ],
      "env_harvest": [
        "GITHUB_TOKEN",
        "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"
      ],
      "net_egress": [
        "ghostsocks-relay.invalid:8443"
      ],
      "proc_exec": [
        "curl -sL | bash",
        "powershell -ep bypass"
      ],
      "install_hooks": [],
      "oauth_scopes": [],
      "obfuscation": [],
      "provenance": "impersonator_github_org"
    },
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "record_digest": "sha256:3c382f0c4cf64d6e05ee8c1f55b2d86b5ac889bd8543c00db638a7ef9ed6ff5c",
    "release_signature_url": "https://threat.cafe/feed.json.sig"
  }
}

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