OpenClaw vulnerabilities
We track 357 vulnerabilities in OpenClaw products across 13 products. 357 are rated high or critical, and none are known to be exploited. The most recent was published on September 30, 2026.
Latest OpenClaw vulnerabilities
- 7.7 High severity
OpenClaw: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site
OpenClaw before 2026.4.5 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability in the CDP /json/version WebSocket endpoint that allows attackers to pivot to untrusted second-hop targets. The webSocketDebuggerUrl response field is not properly validated, enablin
- 9.8 Critical severity
OpenClaw: Missing Authorization
OpenClaw versions 2026.2.21 before 2026.4.10 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the sandbox noVNC helper route that exposes interactive browser session credentials. Attackers can access the noVNC helper route without bridge authentication to gai
- 7.7 High severity
OpenClaw: Server-Side Request Forgery
OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains a server-side request forgery policy bypass vulnerability in existing-session browser interaction routes. Attackers can bypass SSRF navigation guards to interact with or navigate to unauthorized targets without policy enforce
- 8.8 High severity
OpenClaw: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains a plugin trust bypass vulnerability that allows channel setup catalog lookups to resolve workspace plugin shadows before bundled channel plugins. Attackers can exploit this by crafting malicious workspace plugins that bypass
- 8.8 High severity
OpenClaw: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
OpenClaw before 2026.4.9 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability allowing untrusted workspace plugins to be auto-enabled during non-interactive onboarding when provider auth choices are shadowed. Attackers can exploit this by crafting malicious workspa
- 9.8 Critical severity
OpenClaw: Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
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
- 8.1 High severity
OpenClaw: Incorrect Privilege Assignment
OpenClaw before 2026.4.14 contains an authorization context reuse vulnerability in collect-mode queue batches that allows messages from different senders to inherit the final sender's authorization context. Attackers can exploit this by sending multiple queued
- 9.8 Critical severity
OpenClaw: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains an input validation vulnerability that allows external hook metadata to be enqueued as trusted system events. Attackers can supply malicious hook names to escalate untrusted input into higher-trust agent context.
- 8.6 High severity
OpenClaw: Relative Path Traversal
OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains an arbitrary file read vulnerability in QQBot media tags that allows attackers to reference host-local paths outside the intended media storage boundary. Attackers can craft malicious reply text containing media tags to discl
- 7.7 High severity
OpenClaw: Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
OpenClaw versions 2026.4.7 before 2026.4.10 fail to normalize Discord event cover image parameters in sandbox media processing. Attackers can bypass media normalization to inject host-local media references into channel action paths expecting normalized media.
- 8.8 High severity
OpenClaw: External Control of System or Configuration Setting
OpenClaw before 2026.4.9 contains an environment variable injection vulnerability allowing malicious workspace .env files to set runtime-control variables. Attackers can inject variables affecting update sources, gateway URLs, ClawHub resolution, and browser e
- 8.8 High severity
OpenClaw: Incorrect Authorization
OpenClaw versions 2026.2.23 before 2026.4.12 contain a weakened exec approval binding vulnerability in busybox and toybox applet execution that allows attackers to obscure which applet would actually run. Attackers can exploit opaque multi-call binaries to byp
- 7.7 High severity
OpenClaw: Server-Side Request Forgery
OpenClaw before 2026.4.14 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability in browser SSRF policy that allows private-network navigation by default. Attackers can exploit this misconfiguration to access internal services or metadata endpoints through brows
- 9.3 Critical severity
OpenClaw: Server-Side Request Forgery
OpenClaw before 2026.4.12 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability in QQBot reply media URL handling that allows attackers to fetch arbitrary content. Attackers can exploit this by providing malicious media URLs that trigger SSRF requests, with fet
- 8.5 High severity
OpenClaw: Server-Side Request Forgery
OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains a server-side request forgery policy bypass vulnerability in the browser tabs action select and close routes. Attackers can bypass configured browser SSRF policy protections by exploiting the /tabs/action endpoint to perform
- 7.7 High severity
OpenClaw: Incorrect Authorization
OpenClaw versions 2026.4.9 before 2026.4.10 contain a sender policy bypass vulnerability in the outbound host-media attachment read helper that allows unauthorized local file disclosure. Attackers with denied read access via toolsBySender or group policy can t
- 7.5 High severity
OpenClaw: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
OpenClaw versions 2026.4.9 before 2026.4.10 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the voice-call realtime WebSocket path that accepts oversized frames without proper validation. Remote attackers can send oversized WebSocket frames to cause service unava
- 7.7 High severity
OpenClaw: Missing Authorization
OpenClaw before 2026.4.14 contains an improper access control vulnerability in browser snapshot, screenshot, and tab routes that fail to consistently validate the final browser target after navigation. Authenticated callers can bypass SSRF restrictions to expo
- 8.8 High severity
OpenClaw: Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
OpenClaw versions from 2026.2.22 before 2026.4.12 contain an insufficient shell-wrapper detection vulnerability allowing attackers to inject environment variable assignments at the argv level. Attackers can bypass exec preflight handling to manipulate high-ris
- 8.8 High severity
OpenClaw: Incorrect Authorization
OpenClaw versions 2026.4.5 before 2026.4.10 contain a sandbox escape vulnerability allowing sandboxed agents to override exec routing by specifying host=node. Attackers can bypass sandbox boundaries and route execution to remote nodes instead of intended sandb
- 7.8 High severity
OpenClaw: Incorrect Authorization
OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability allowing previously paired nodes to reconnect with exec-capable commands without the operator.admin scope requirement. Attackers can bypass re-pairing authentication to execute privileged c
- 8.1 High severity
OpenClaw: Incorrect Authorization
OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains a security bypass vulnerability in node.invoke(browser.proxy) that allows mutation of persistent browser profiles. Attackers can exploit this path to circumvent the browser.request persistent profile-mutation guard and modify
- 7.1 High severity
OpenClaw: Incorrect Authorization
OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the gateway plugin HTTP authentication mechanism that escalates identity-bearing operator.read requests to runtime operator.write permissions. Attackers can exploit this by sending read-
- 7.1 High severity
OpenClaw: Missing Support for Integrity Check
OpenClaw versions before 2026.4.8 fail to enforce integrity verification on downloaded plugin archives. Attackers can install malicious or tampered plugin packages without detection, compromising the local assistant environment.
- 8.8 High severity
OpenClaw: Incorrect Authorization
OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains an improper authorization vulnerability where the node.pair.approve method accepts operator.write scope instead of the narrower operator.pairing scope, allowing unprivileged users to approve node pairing. Attackers with operat
- 7.5 High severity
OpenClaw: Not Failing Securely
OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains an approval-timeout fallback mechanism that bypasses strictInlineEval explicit-approval requirements on gateway and node exec hosts. Attackers can exploit this timeout fallback to execute inline eval commands that should requi
- 8.8 High severity
OpenClaw: Incorrect Authorization
OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains a role bypass vulnerability in the device.token.rotate function that allows minting tokens for unapproved roles. Attackers can bypass device role-upgrade pairing to preserve or mint roles and scopes that had not undergone inte
- 8.5 High severity
OpenClaw: Server-Side Request Forgery
OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability in QQ Bot media download paths that bypass SSRF protection. Attackers can exploit unprotected media fetch endpoints to access internal resources and bypass allowlist policies.
- 7.6 High severity
OpenClaw: Server-Side Request Forgery
OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains a server-side request forgery policy bypass vulnerability allowing attackers to trigger navigations bypassing normal SSRF checks. Attackers can exploit browser interactions to bypass SSRF protections and access restricted reso
- 7.5 High severity
OpenClaw: Incorrect Behavior Order: Early Amplification
OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 parses MS Teams webhook request bodies before performing JWT validation, allowing unauthenticated attackers to trigger resource exhaustion. Remote attackers can send malicious Teams webhook payloads to exhaust server resources by bypa
- 8.8 High severity
OpenClaw: Incorrect Authorization
OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains an incomplete scope-clearing vulnerability in trusted-proxy authentication mode that allows operator.admin privilege escalation. Attackers can exploit this by declaring operator scopes on non-Control-UI clients, allowing self
- 7.5 High severity
OpenClaw: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-32062 where the voice-call component parses large WebSocket frames before start validation. Remote attackers can send oversized pre-start WebSocket frames to cause resource consumption and denia
- 7.5 High severity
OpenClaw: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 accepts unbounded concurrent unauthenticated WebSocket upgrades without pre-authentication budget allocation. Unauthenticated network attackers can exhaust socket and worker capacity to disrupt WebSocket availability for legitimate cl
- 9.6 Critical severity
OpenClaw: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains a sandbox escape vulnerability allowing attackers to traverse directory boundaries through symlink exploitation during file synchronization operations. Remote attackers can bypass sandbox restrictions by crafting malicious sy
- 7.8 High severity
OpenClaw: Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 allows workspace .env files to override the OPENCLAW_BUNDLED_PLUGINS_DIR environment variable, compromising plugin trust verification. Attackers with control over workspace configuration can inject malicious plugins by overriding the
- 7.5 High severity
OpenClaw: Missing Cryptographic Step
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains a webhook replay vulnerability in Plivo V3 signature verification that canonicalizes query ordering for signatures but hashes raw URLs for replay detection. Attackers can reorder query parameters to bypass replay cache detect
- 8.2 High severity
OpenClaw: Missing Authorization
OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability where unauthenticated plugin-auth HTTP routes receive operator runtime write scopes. Attackers can access these routes without authentication to perform privileged runtime actions intend
- 7.3 High severity
OpenClaw: Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains an exec allowlist bypass vulnerability allowing attackers to inherit allowlist trust via shell init-file wrapper invocations. Attackers can exploit shell options like --rcfile, --init-file, and --startup-file to load attacker
- 7.3 High severity
OpenClaw: Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains an exec allowlist bypass vulnerability where allow-always persistence fails to unwrap /usr/bin/script and similar wrappers before storing trust decisions. Attackers can obtain user approval for one wrapped command to persist
- 7.8 High severity
OpenClaw: Permissive List of Allowed Inputs
OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 contains an incomplete host environment variable sanitization vulnerability in host-env-security-policy.json and host-env-security.ts that allows package-manager environment overrides. Attackers can exploit approved exec requests to r