Cline CLI 2.3.0 was published with a stolen npm token, installing OpenClaw in an 8-hour attack affecting ~4,000 downloads.

Someone compromised open source AI coding assistant Cline CLI's npm package earlier this week in an odd supply chain attack ...

The malicious version of Cline's npm package — 2.3.0 — was downloaded more than 4,000 times before it was removed.

While the AI itself wasn’t weaponized, the technique raises concerns about AI agents with broad system access.