Insecure Inherited Permissions Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.4.22-beta.1
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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- published5 May 2026
- disclosed4 May 2026
- creditzsxsoft
Introduced: 4 May 2026
CVE-2026-44997 (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 Insecure Inherited Permissions due to improper enforcement of security envelope constraints in ACP child session creation. An attacker can bypass intended subagent-only restrictions, such as depth, child-count limits, control scope, or target-agent restrictions, by spawning a child session from a restricted subagent.