Access Control Bypass Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.4.22-beta.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-16417712
  • published5 May 2026
  • disclosed4 May 2026
  • creditVladimirEliTokarev

Introduced: 4 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-44118  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.4.22-beta.1 or higher.

Overview

openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Control Bypass via the MCP loopback process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to owner-gated operations by spoofing owner-context metadata in request headers.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1