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Poisoning the well: AI supply chain attacks on Hugging Face and OpenClaw

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Medium
Published: Mon May 11 2026 (05/11/2026, 11:49:10 UTC)
Source: AlienVault OTX General

Description

Threat actors are actively exploiting AI distribution platforms like Hugging Face and ClawHub to deliver malware by embedding malicious code within models, datasets, and agent extensions. Over 575 malicious skills across 13 developer accounts were identified in the OpenClaw ecosystem, targeting Windows and macOS with trojans, cryptominers, and AMOS stealer. Attackers abuse trust relationships between users and AI platforms through indirect prompt injection, where hidden instructions cause AI agents to execute malicious actions on behalf of users. Trojanized skills masquerade as legitimate tools while instructing users to execute encoded commands or install hidden malicious dependencies. On Hugging Face, repositories host payloads within multistep infection chains disguised as legitimate applications. These campaigns employ social engineering, obfuscation, encryption, in-memory execution, process injection, and persistence techniques to evade detection while establishing covert command-and-control communica...

Technical Details

Author
AlienVault
Tlp
white
References
["https://www.acronis.com/en/tru/posts/poisoning-the-well-ai-supply-chain-attacks-on-hugging-face-and-openclaw"]
Adversary
null
Pulse Id
6a01c2363e7f67fcbed473cb
Threat Score
null

Indicators of Compromise

Ip

ValueDescriptionCopy
ip91.92.242.30

Url

ValueDescriptionCopy
urlhttps://install.app-distribution.net/setup/
urlhttp://91.92.242.30/1v07y9e1m6v7thl6
urlhttp://91.92.242.30/6wioz8285kcbax6v
urlhttps://glot.io/snippets/hfd3x9ueu5
urlhttps://glot.io/snippets/hfdxv8uyaf
urlhttps://velvet-parrot.com
urlhttps://velvet-parrot.com:443

Hash

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hash1fc5e6458316277fae8272cbe9f3dfc86b681635
hash5d253cc263851ec68c0a988bf86afbb3e9f0b491
hash8bd284bfb607d5e970c88a69ca9422b44b1148a9
hash92149d122dedb4e507e3a9cf6e43c53836e16fbe
hash31d36da3d6cd96f335b14a1dd1f06cc2
hash69315b7a1c4bf5ee56cba1de29d1761e
hashabae0f42f695e55714d362a088acc780
hashb6a77b7892ef22d6afd91eb980a3f3d8
hashc5a53c02d531c5e46f9cc2fc0afbb88d
hash0d2bb0876cc58d8b9c91686c019c131584f1b970
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hasha14bed1c46ba7406d5240e979251ccd394dfe3b5
hasha7c4407a7039102a8769bd51bfa64efc17943847

Domain

ValueDescriptionCopy
domainvelvet-parrot.com

Threat ID: 6a0228aecbff5d86104b1f22

Added to database: 5/11/2026, 7:06:22 PM

Last updated: 5/11/2026, 7:06:40 PM

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