FKIE_CVE-2026-43566

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-05 12:16 - Updated: 2026-05-07 01:53
Severity ?
9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
OpenClaw versions 2026.4.7 before 2026.4.14 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability where heartbeat owner downgrade logic skips webhook wake events carrying untrusted content. Attackers can exploit this by sending untrusted webhook wake events to preserve owner-like execution context when the run should have been downgraded.
References
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/31281bc92f55796817a92bc43f722cba1e77ab42Patch
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-g2hm-779g-vm32Vendor Advisory
disclosure@vulncheck.comhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-untrusted-webhook-wake-eventsThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
openclaw openclaw *
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