Privilege Escalation in openclaw (CVE-2026-53832)
Summary
Vulnerability in openclaw (CVE-2026-53832). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Mitigation: upgrade to 2026.5.18 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
OpenClaw before 2026.5.18 contains an identity header validation vulnerability allowing local same-host callers to forge trusted-proxy identity headers. Attackers with access to the proxy-facing Gateway port can supply forged identity headers to assume operator identity and potentially escalate privileges.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-53832 has been found in openclaw.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.7/10.
What to do: upgrade openclaw to 2026.5.18 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "openclaw CVE-2026-53832" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-53832 (openclaw) — CWE-269 / CVSS v3 7.7
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 2026.5.18 — 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-269) exists in openclaw.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of openclaw.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.7/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to 2026.5.18.
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 2026.5.18ステージング環境で 2026.5.18 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 vulncheck.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package github.com
- web github.com
- web github.com