VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-45006

CVSS score7.7 HIGH
EPSS probability0.93%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-05-11
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.23 contains an improper access control vulnerability in the gateway tool's config.apply and config.patch operations that allows compromised models to write unsafe configuration changes by bypassing an incomplete denylist protection. Attackers can persist malicious config modifications affecting command execution, network behavior, credentials, and operator policies that survive restart.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-184: Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

Primary references