PT-2026-33680 · Npm · Openclaw

Published 2026-04-09 · Updated 2026-04-09

OSV

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impact

OpenClaw device.token.rotate mints tokens for unapproved roles, bypassing device role-upgrade pairing.

Device token rotation could mint or preserve roles/scopes that had not gone through the intended pairing approval.

OpenClaw is a user-controlled local assistant. This advisory is scoped to the OpenClaw trust model and does not assume a multi-tenant service boundary.

Affected Packages / Versions

• Package: openclaw (npm)
• Affected versions: <= v2026.04.01
• Patched versions: 2026.4.8

Fix

The issue was fixed on main and is available in the patched npm version listed above. The verified fixed tree is commit d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5.

Verification

The fix was re-checked against main before publication, including targeted regression tests for the affected security boundary.

Credits

Thanks @nicky-cc of Tencent zhuque Lab (https://github.com/Tencent/AI-Infra-Guard) for reporting.

Fix

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

Related Identifiers

GHSA-WHF9-3HCX-GQ54

Affected Products

Openclaw

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42422 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-whf9-3hcx-gq54 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5 · Note
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw · Note
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-whf9-3hcx-gq54 · Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-role-bypass-in-device-token-rotate-function · Note