Missing Authorization Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.8.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-21708995
  • published25 Oct 2026
  • disclosed26 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 26 Sep 2026

CVE-2026-100575  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-862  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.8.1 or higher.

Overview

openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authorization via improper enforcement of sender allowlists in multi-person direct messages (group DMs). A disallowed participant present in a Slack group DM can trigger an OpenClaw agent, bypassing the configured Slack group sender policy, and thereby access all tools and data already granted to that agent. The practical impact depends on the agent's tool policy and channel configuration.

Note: This is only exploitable when a tool-enabled OpenClaw agent is present in a group DM that contains at least one untrusted participant.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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version 3.1