CVE-2026-100579

OpenClaw before 2026.7.1 Authentication Bypass via Spoofed Requester

State
Published
Severity
7.2 High
Published
Sep 26, 2026
Updated
Sep 28, 2026
Reserved
Sep 26, 2026

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Description

OpenClaw (npm package 'openclaw') before 2026.7.1 incorrectly trusts requester provenance in message.action. In identity-bearing Gateway deployments (authentication modes that honor caller identity and narrower operator scopes), a write-scoped caller can supply another sender's identifier to the channel authorization checks and invoke a channel action under that spoofed requester identity, reaching operations the channel adapter would have denied to the real caller. Practical impact depends on the enabled channel, the action, and the target account's permissions. Shared-secret token and password callers are full trusted operators under OpenClaw's security model and are out of scope. The issue is fixed in 2026.7.1; as a workaround, restrict message.action to administrators and disable sensitive channel actions that rely on requester identity.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.07.2 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NVulnCheck
3.17.6 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:LVulnCheck

Weaknesses

  • CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Affected Products

ProductVersions
OpenClawOpenClaw
  • before 2026.7.1Affected
  • 2026.7.1Not affected

References

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