Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.4.20-beta.1
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- published26 Apr 2026
- disclosed25 Apr 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 25 Apr 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-639 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.4.20-beta.1 or higher.
Overview
openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key via the sessionKey process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to webhook routing by supplying externally influenced session keys through templated hook mappings, even when request-supplied session keys are disabled.