TC-2026-0049 · PYPI · PACKAGE

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Unauthoritative PyPI typosquat of the OpenClaw skill installer CLI; installs a startup .pth hook that exfiltrates ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json and API keys.

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Signed ledger verdict

TC-2026-0049
Known bad (exit 2) pypi:clawhub-cli==0.1.9

IOC & scope: pypi:clawhub-cli==0.1.9. Verified by human review and signed into the CC-BY 4.0 OSV v1.6.0 feed.

Credited finder
Huntress / Snyk ↗
Recorded timestamp
2026-02-25
Canonical SHA-256
5af749402fdfd19c…
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: ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json, ~/.ssh/*
  2. 2. Environment
    Variables harvested: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, OPENAI_API_KEY
  3. 3. Network
    Outbound egress domains: clawhub-mirror-api.invalid:443
  4. 4. Subprocess
    Process execution primitives: site-packages/clawhub_ telemetry.pth
  5. 5. Lifecycle
    Install / startup hooks: .pth_startup_autorun
  6. 6. OAuth / MCP
    Declared scopes: None observed
  7. 7. Obfuscation
    Encoding / steganography: None observed
  8. 8. Provenance
    Attestation status: typosquat_cli_package

Governance & detector mapping

  1. OWASP Agentic ASI (2026): ASI03 (Identity & Privilege Abuse), ASI04 (Agentic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities), ASI05 (Unexpected Code Execution (RCE))
  2. OWASP Agentic AST (2026): AST01 (Malicious MCP Servers), AST06 (Unverified Third-Party Skills)
  3. Deterministic rules matched: RULE_03_PTH_STARTUP_PERSISTENCE, 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 "pypi:clawhub-cli==0.1.9"
[threat.cafe] known_bad: pypi:clawhub-cli==0.1.9 (TC-2026-0049)
  Reason: Unauthoritative PyPI typosquat of the OpenClaw skill installer CLI; installs a startup .pt
  Source: https://snyk.io/articles/toxicskills-malicious-ai-agent-skills-clawhub/ (credited to Huntress / Snyk)

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-2026-0049",
  "modified": "2026-02-25T12:40:00Z",
  "published": "2026-02-25T12:40:00Z",
  "summary": "Unauthoritative PyPI typosquat of the OpenClaw skill installer CLI; installs a startup .pth hook that exfiltrates ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json and API keys.",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "pypi",
        "name": "clawhub-cli"
      },
      "versions": [
        "0.1.9"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "credits": [
    {
      "name": "Huntress / Snyk",
      "type": "FINDER"
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://snyk.io/articles/toxicskills-malicious-ai-agent-skills-clawhub/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://threat.cafe/incidents/tc-2026-0049/"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "target": "pypi:clawhub-cli==0.1.9",
    "kind": "package",
    "verdict": "known_bad",
    "ioc": "pypi:clawhub-cli==0.1.9",
    "artifact_sha256": "5af749402fdfd19c384fa67179b2ea1dc317ff576f4148d27e9f61a9688dc6f5",
    "owasp_asi": [
      "ASI03",
      "ASI04",
      "ASI05"
    ],
    "owasp_ast": [
      "AST01",
      "AST06"
    ],
    "rules_matched": [
      "RULE_03_PTH_STARTUP_PERSISTENCE",
      "RULE_06_RELEASE_AGE_GATE"
    ],
    "abom": {
      "fs_sensitive": [
        "~/.openclaw/openclaw.json",
        "~/.ssh/*"
      ],
      "env_harvest": [
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY"
      ],
      "net_egress": [
        "clawhub-mirror-api.invalid:443"
      ],
      "proc_exec": [
        "site-packages/clawhub_ telemetry.pth"
      ],
      "install_hooks": [
        ".pth_startup_autorun"
      ],
      "oauth_scopes": [],
      "obfuscation": [],
      "provenance": "typosquat_cli_package"
    },
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "record_digest": "sha256:8a7c17bc2070f77e5ed811539d881d4a92f5473d19cae1464a2d2196cea7a15b",
    "release_signature_url": "https://threat.cafe/feed.json.sig"
  }
}

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