CVE-2026-45001 | THREATINT

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-08 | Published 2026-05-11 | Updated 2026-05-11 | Assigner VulnCheck

MEDIUM: 6.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

HIGH: 7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Problem types

Missing Authorization

Product status

Default status

unaffected

Any version before 2026.4.20

affected

2026.4.20 (semver)

unaffected

Credits

zsx (@zsxsoft) reporter

KeenSecurityLab coordinator

qclawer tool

References

github.com/...enclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-7jm2-g593-4qrc (GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-7jm2-g593-4qrc)) vendor-advisory

github.com/...ommit/fe30b31a97a917ecc6e92f6c85378b6b20352422 (Patch Commit) patch

www.vulncheck.com/...tion-guard-bypass-via-agent-tool-access (VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.4.20 - Gateway Config Mutation Guard Bypass via Agent Tool Access) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2026-45001)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-45001)

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