Vulnerability in openclaw (CVE-2026-45006)
Summary
Vulnerability in openclaw (CVE-2026-45006). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Exploitable via gateway. Mitigation: upgrade to 2026.4.23 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
OpenClaw before 2026.4.23 contains an improper access control vulnerability in the gateway tool's config.apply and config.patch operations that allows compromised models to write unsafe configuration changes by bypassing an incomplete denylist protection. Attackers can persist malicious config modifications affecting command execution, network behavior, credentials, and operator policies that survive restart.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-45006 has been found in openclaw.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like gateway over the network to misuse the product.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.8/10.
What to do: upgrade openclaw to 2026.4.23 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "openclaw CVE-2026-45006" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-45006 (openclaw) — CWE-862 / CVSS v3 8.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Attack surface: gateway / config.apply / config.patch / openclaw
Patched: 2026.4.23 — 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-862) exists in openclaw. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via gateway.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of openclaw. Attack surface: gateway / config.apply / config.patch / openclaw.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 2026.4.23.
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 2026.4.23ステージング環境で 2026.4.23 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
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory vulncheck.com
- advisory github.com
- package github.com
- patch github.com
- web github.com