Is openclawbrain safe to install?

openclawbrain was flagged as CRITICAL RISK (risk score 386) with 31 findings detected across 192 files. Review the findings before installing.

What security issues were found in openclawbrain?

Sigil detected 31 findings in openclawbrain, including patterns related to provenance, install_hooks, code_patterns, network_exfil, obfuscation. See the full scan report for details.

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openclawbrain

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Summary

openclawbrain v12.2.6 was classified as CRITICAL RISK with a risk score of 386. Sigil detected 31 findings across 192 files, covering phases including provenance, install hooks, code patterns, network exfiltration, obfuscation. Review the findings below before installing this package.

Package description: Memory graph for AI agents that learns what to retrieve — and what to suppress.

CRITICAL RISK(386)

v12.2.6

22 March 2026, 19:39 UTC

by Sigil Bot

Risk Score

386

Findings

Files Scanned

192

Provenance

Registry

https://pypi.org/project/openclawbrain/12.2.6/

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install-pip-setup-exec

CRITICAL

setup.py executes code at install time

openclawbrain-12.2.6/docs/operator-guide.md:7

## New agent recipe
Use the canonical bootstrap SOP when creating a brand-new OpenClaw profile-style setup (new workspace + dedicated brain + launchd + routing):
- [docs/new-agent-sop.md](new-agent-sop.md)

Why was this flagged?

This setup.py calls subprocess, os.system, exec, or eval during package installation. Legitimate packages rarely need to execute arbitrary commands at install time. This pattern is commonly used by malicious packages to download and run payloads, exfiltrate environment variables, or establish persistence. Rated CRITICAL because it runs with the installer's full permissions.

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