Moltbot Security Guide

🔒 Lock Down Your AI Agent — Security hardening for Moltbot/Clawdbot. Don't be one of the 1,673+ exposed gateways.

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⚠️ Based on real vulnerability research that found 1,673+ exposed gateways on Shodan

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Security hardening for Moltbot/Clawdbot. Lock down your gateway, fix file permissions, set up authentication, configure firewalls.

Install

ClawdHub:

clawdhub install NextFrontierBuilds/moltbot-security

npm:

npm install moltbot-security

The 5 Essentials

1. Bind to loopback — Never expose gateway publicly
2. Set auth token — Require authentication
3. Fix file permissions — Only you read configs
4. Update Node.js — v22.12.0+ required
5. Use Tailscale — Secure remote access

Quick Audit

clawdbot security audit --deep --fix

What Gets Exposed

Without proper security:

• Conversation histories (Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal)
• API keys (Claude, OpenAI)
• OAuth tokens and credentials
• Full shell access

Secure Config Template

{
  "gateway": {
    "bind": "loopback",
    "auth": {
      "mode": "token",
      "token": "YOUR_64_CHAR_HEX_TOKEN"
    },
    "tailscale": {
      "mode": "serve"
    }
  }
}

Credits

Based on research by @NickSpisak_

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Built by @NextXFrontier