User Impersonation Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.2.14


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-15307835
  • published18 Feb 2026
  • disclosed18 Feb 2026
  • creditvincentkoc

Introduced: 18 Feb 2026

NewCVE-2026-28480  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-290  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.2.14 or higher.

Overview

openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to User Impersonation in the Telegram allowlist authorization. An attacker can gain unauthorized access by registering or taking over a previously authorized @username and interacting with the bot while allowlist mode is enabled. This is only exploitable if the allowlist is configured to use mutable Telegram usernames instead of immutable numeric sender IDs.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1