Incorrect Authorization Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.2.2
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- published18 Feb 2026
- disclosed17 Feb 2026
- creditYue (Knox) Liu
Introduced: 17 Feb 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-269 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.2.2 or higher.
Overview
openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization via the /approve command. An attacker can gain unauthorized approval or denial of pending execution requests by sending specially crafted chat messages through a client with only write access.
Note: This is only exploitable if a client is issued a device token scoped to operator.write without operator.approvals, and the environment allows chat commands to be processed.
Workaround
This vulnerability can be mitigated by avoiding issuance of write-only device tokens to untrusted clients, disabling text commands (commands.text=false), or restricting access to the webchat/control UI.