CVE-2026-45001

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.1

Exploit probability—

ProductOpenclaw

PublishedMay 11, 2026

First seenMay 11, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-862Missing authorization

How to fix

Update

openclaw openclaw2026.4.20 or later
openclaw2026.4.20 or later

Patches

github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/fe30b31a97a917ecc6e92f6c85378b6b20352422

Vendor advisories

github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-7jm2-g593-4qrc

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
openclaw openclaw	v < 2026.4.20	2026.4.20
openclawnpm	v < 2026.4.20	2026.4.20

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