Vulnerability in openclaw (CVE-2026-41349)
Summary
Vulnerability in openclaw (CVE-2026-41349). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via config.patch. Mitigation: upgrade to 2026.3.28 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Summary
Agentic Consent Bypass: LLM Agent Can Silently Disable Exec Approval via config.patch
Current Maintainer Triage
- Status: open
- Normalized severity: high
- Assessment: Maintainers accepted this issue, fixed it in 76411b2afc4ae721e36c12e0ea24fd23e2fed61e on 2026-03-27, and that fix shipped in v2026.3.28, so normalize it as a fixed released draft rather than a close-by-trust-model call.
Affected Packages / Versions
- Package:
openclaw(npm) - Latest published npm version:
2026.3.31 - Vulnerable version range:
<=2026.3.24 - Patched versions:
>= 2026.3.28 - First stable tag containing the fix:
v2026.3.28
Fix Commit(s)
76411b2afc4ae721e36c12e0ea24fd23e2fed61e— 2026-03-27T09:42:15Z
OpenClaw thanks @YLChen-007 for reporting.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-41349 has been found in openclaw.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like config.patch over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade openclaw to 2026.3.28 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "openclaw CVE-2026-41349" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-41349 (openclaw) — CWE-285
Attack surface: config.patch / openclaw
Patched: 2026.3.28 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-285) exists in openclaw. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via config.patch.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of openclaw. Attack surface: config.patch / openclaw.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 2026.3.28.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'openclaw' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'openclaw' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
openclawを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade openclaw to 2026.3.28ステージング環境で 2026.3.28 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
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