CVE-2026-44994

OpenClaw < 2026.4.22 - Authentication Bypass in Gateway Control UI Bootstrap Config Endpoint

State: Published
Severity: 6.3 Medium
Published: May 11, 2026
Updated: May 11, 2026
Reserved: May 8, 2026

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.22 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the Control UI bootstrap config endpoint that allows unauthenticated attackers to read sensitive configuration fields. Attackers can access the bootstrap config route without a valid Gateway token to expose sensitive bootstrap and config information intended only for authenticated Control UI sessions.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	6.3 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	5.3 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
OpenClawOpenClaw	before 2026.4.22Affected 2026.4.22Not affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-93rg-2xm5-2p9v)vendor-advisory
Patch Commitpatch
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.4.22 - Authentication Bypass in Gateway Control UI Bootstrap Config Endpointthird-party-advisory

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