Improper Privilege Management Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.4.2
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- published8 Apr 2026
- disclosed7 Apr 2026
- creditEaEa0001
Introduced: 7 Apr 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-269 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.4.2 or higher.
Overview
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Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Privilege Management in the POST /sessions/:sessionKey/kill process. An attacker can terminate active subagent sessions by sending requests with only read-scoped identity-bearing HTTP clients.