Insecure Inherited Permissions Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.4.22-beta.1
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- published5 May 2026
- disclosed4 May 2026
- creditzsxsoft
Introduced: 4 May 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-277 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.4.22-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.