OpenClaw has an unauthorized sender bypass in its stop triggers and /models command authorization

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Description

Summary

Unauthorized senders could trigger two command paths without sender authorization checks:
1. stop-like natural-language abort triggers
2. /models command output

Impact

An unauthorized sender could disrupt active sessions and view model/auth metadata that should be authorization-gated.

Fix

Sender authorization is now enforced for stop-like abort triggers and /models listings.

Affected and Patched Versions

  • Affected: <= 2026.2.26
  • Patched: 2026.3.1

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
medium
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Published (advisory)
2026-03-02 21:54:30 UTC
Updated
2026-03-02 21:54:30 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2026-03-02 21:54:30 UTC

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
6.9 4.0 —
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:N)
No additional preconditions are required beyond normal reachability.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:N)
No user interaction is required.
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:N)
No confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:L)
Limited integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:N)
No availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:N)
No confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:N)
No integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N)
No availability impact on subsequent systems.

Identifiers

Type Value
GHSA GHSA-8m9v-xpgf-g99m ↗

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

Credits

  • tdjackey (reporter)

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
npm openclaw < 2026.3.1 2026.3.1 —

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence