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CVE-2026-44997 medium CVSS 4.3

Vulnerability in openclaw (CVE-2026-44997)

Summary

Vulnerability in openclaw (CVE-2026-44997). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 2026.4.22 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Summary

ACP child sessions inherit subagent security envelope constraints.

Affected Packages / Versions

  • Package: openclaw (npm)
  • Affected versions: <= 2026.4.21
  • Fixed version: 2026.4.22

Impact

A restricted subagent spawning an ACP child session could fail to carry forward subagent-only constraints such as depth, child-count limits, control scope, or target-agent restrictions.

Fix

ACP spawn now resolves and persists child subagent envelope fields, enforces maximum depth and active-child caps, and applies the inherited control scope to child ACP sessions.

Fix Commit(s)

  • 31160dc069b7cc5d833b39c53736a41ad3befda2

Verification

  • The fix commit is contained in the public v2026.4.22 tag.
  • openclaw@2026.4.22 is published on npm and the compiled package contains the fix.
  • Focused regression coverage for this path passed before publication.

OpenClaw thanks @zsxsoft, @qclawer, and @KeenSecurityLab for reporting.

Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory

Auto-generated summary

Assembled by SecPulse from the source data (CVSS, CWE, affected versions) using templates — no AI involved. Check the original description and references below for exact details.

A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-44997 has been found in openclaw.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10.
What to do: upgrade openclaw to 2026.4.22 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "openclaw CVE-2026-44997" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2026-44997 (openclaw) — CWE-277 / CVSS v3 4.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Patched: 2026.4.22 — 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.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (CWE-277) exists in openclaw.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of openclaw.

🔥 Severity

Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 2026.4.22.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

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

  1. 1
    Identify 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。

  2. 2
    Apply patch patch 
    Upgrade openclaw to 2026.4.22

    ステージング環境で 2026.4.22 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。

  3. 3
    Post-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

npm openclaw
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References

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