Missing Authorization Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.4.23-beta.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.49% (39th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-16424087
  • published6 May 2026
  • disclosed5 May 2026
  • creditzsxsoft, KeenSecurityLab

Introduced: 5 May 2026

CVE-2026-45006  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.4.23-beta.1 or higher.

Overview

openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authorization via the gateway process. An attacker can modify sensitive configuration paths and persist unsafe changes that cross security boundaries by leveraging model-driven gateway config mutations. This can affect command execution, network or proxy behavior, credential forwarding, telemetry endpoints, memory surfaces, and operator policy controls.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1