Vulnerability in openclaw (CVE-2026-43577)
Summary
Vulnerability in openclaw (CVE-2026-43577). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via openclaw. Mitigation: upgrade to 2026.4.9 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Summary
Browser interaction routes could pivot into local CDP and regain file reads.
Affected Packages / Versions
- Package:
openclaw - Ecosystem: npm
- Affected versions:
< 2026.4.9 - Patched versions:
>= 2026.4.9
Impact
Browser act/evaluate interactions could trigger navigation into the local CDP origin and then create or read disallowed file:// pages despite direct navigation guards.
Technical Details
The fix re-checks browser URLs after interaction-driven navigations and blocks targets that violate the configured navigation policy.
Fix
The issue was fixed in #63226. The first stable tag containing the fix is v2026.4.9, and openclaw@2026.4.14 includes the fix.
Fix Commit(s)
5f5b3d733bdd791cb457f838514179e1288b10b3- PR: #63226
Release Process Note
Users should upgrade to openclaw 2026.4.9 or newer. The latest npm release, 2026.4.14, already includes the fix.
Credits
Thanks to @tdjackey for reporting this issue.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-43577 has been found in openclaw.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like openclaw over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade openclaw to 2026.4.9 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "openclaw CVE-2026-43577" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-43577 (openclaw) — CWE-693
Attack surface: openclaw
Patched: 2026.4.9 — 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-693) exists in openclaw. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via openclaw.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of openclaw. Attack surface: openclaw.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 2026.4.9.
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 2026.4.9ステージング環境で 2026.4.9 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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