CVE-2026-53854

OpenClaw < 2026.4.25 - Privilege Escalation via ownerAllowFrom Wildcard Inheritance in Internal/Webchat Commands

State: Published
Severity: 6.0 Medium
Published: Jun 16, 2026
Updated: Jun 16, 2026
Reserved: Jun 10, 2026

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.25 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in internal and webchat command authentication that allows senders to inherit wildcard ownerAllowFrom state across channel boundaries. Attackers can exploit this by sending commands on affected internal or webchat paths to execute owner-style command behavior outside intended channel scope, potentially bypassing access controls.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	6.0 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	6.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
OpenClawOpenClaw	before 2026.4.25Affected 2026.4.25Not affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-4hpg-mp64-x7xq)vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.4.25 - Privilege Escalation via ownerAllowFrom Wildcard Inheritance in Internal/Webchat Commandsthird-party-advisory

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