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CVE-2026-45001 Details

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.20 contains a guard bypass vulnerability in the agent-facing gateway config.patch and config.apply endpoints that fails to protect operator-trusted settings including sandbox policy, plugin enablement, gateway auth/TLS, hook routing, MCP server configuration, SSRF policy, and filesystem hardening. A prompt-injected model with access to the owner-only gateway tool can persist unauthorized changes to protected operator settings.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.1 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/fe30b31a97a917ecc6e92f6c85378b6b20352422 [email protected]Patch
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-7jm2-g593-4qrc [email protected]Third Party Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-gateway-config-mutation-guard-bypass-via-agent-tool-access [email protected]PatchThird Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-862Missing Authorization[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
openclaw openclaw
< 2026.4.20

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

4 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-45001
NVD Published Date:
May 11, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]