PT-2026-39690 · Openclaw · Openclaw

Keensecuritylab + 1 · Published 2026-05-11 · Updated 2026-05-11 · CVE-2026-45001

Mitre

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

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

OpenClaw before 2026.4.20 contains a guard bypass vulnerability in the agent-facing gateway config.patch and config.apply endpoints that fails to protect operator-trusted settings including sandbox policy, plugin enablement, gateway auth/TLS, hook routing, MCP server configuration, SSRF policy, and filesystem hardening. A prompt-injected model with access to the owner-only gateway tool can persist unauthorized changes to protected operator settings.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-45001

Affected Products

Openclaw

References · 4

• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/fe30b31a97a917ecc6e92f6c85378b6b20352422 · Patch
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-7jm2-g593-4qrc · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45001 · Security Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-gateway-config-mutation-guard-bypass-via-agent-tool-access · Note