CVE-2026-45001

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.

CVSS v3 7.1 HIGH

7.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 4.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/fe30b31a97a917ecc6e92f6c85378b6b20352422	Patch
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-7jm2-g593-4qrc	Third Party Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-gateway-config-mutation-guard-bypass-via-agent-tool-access	Third Party Advisory Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

History

13 May 2026, 14:13

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Openclaw Openclaw openclaw
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw::::::node.js::*
References	~~() https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/fe30b31a97a917ecc6e92f6c85378b6b20352422 -~~	() https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/fe30b31a97a917ecc6e92f6c85378b6b20352422 - Patch
References	~~() https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-7jm2-g593-4qrc -~~	() https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-7jm2-g593-4qrc - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-gateway-config-mutation-guard-bypass-via-agent-tool-access -~~	() https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-gateway-config-mutation-guard-bypass-via-agent-tool-access - Third Party Advisory, Patch

11 May 2026, 18:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-11 18:16

Updated : 2026-05-13 14:13

NVD link : CVE-2026-45001

Mitre link : CVE-2026-45001

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-45001

JSON object : View

Products Affected

openclaw

openclaw

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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