Missing Authorization Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.4.9-beta.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (10th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-16438147
  • published7 May 2026
  • disclosed6 May 2026
  • credittdjackey

Introduced: 6 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-43577  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.4.9-beta.1 or higher.

Overview

openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authorization via the browser interaction routes. An attacker can access arbitrary files by bypassing navigation guards and leveraging browser act/evaluate interactions to pivot into the local CDP origin, enabling the creation or reading of disallowed file:// pages despite navigation policy restrictions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1