OpenClaw version 3.28 may have introduced a malicious version of the axios library.

SlowMist Founder Warns of Compromised Axios in OpenClaw 3.28

SlowMist founder Yu Xian just issued a warning on X. Users running the latest OpenClaw version—3.28—may be pulling in a compromised version of axios. His advice? Check your systems immediately.

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It's not just OpenClaw that's directly affected. Related Skills could also be indirectly poisoned because they depend on axios. Given how widely axios is used, a thorough sweep is necessary. That said, the poisoning was caught relatively early.

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