Insufficient Granularity of Access Control Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.4.20-beta.1
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- published26 Apr 2026
- disclosed25 Apr 2026
- creditzsxsoft
Introduced: 25 Apr 2026
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How to fix?
Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.4.20-beta.1 or higher.
Overview
openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficient Granularity of Access Control via insufficient access control in the gateway config.patch and config.apply processes. An attacker can modify protected operator settings by leveraging a prompt-injected model with access to the owner-only gateway tool. This is only exploitable if a model with prompt injection capability is granted access to the owner-only gateway configuration tool.