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OpenClaw before 2026.7.1 Authorization Bypass via MCP Configuration

Priority LOW 39CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

OpenClaw versions before 2026.7.1 fail to properly authorize non-owner users executing MCP configuration changes through /mcp set and /mcp unset commands. Attackers can persist arbitrary stdio MCP commands that execute with OpenClaw process privileges when configuration loads, compromising host confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00246 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed OpenClaw (OpenClaw): 2026.7.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
OpenClawOpenClawbefore 2026.7.12026.7.1Patch availableCNA
  • OpenClaw VendorOpenClaw Affected before 2026.7.1 Fixed in 2026.7.1 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——OpenClaw
  • cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·OpenClaw

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA OpenClaw (OpenClaw) Fixed in 2026.7.1

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    OpenClaw 2026.7.1

    19 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 17 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-64749 OpenClaw before 2026.7.1 Sandbox Bypass via Browser NodePriority MEDIUM 40
    • TI-2026-64740 OpenClaw before 2026.7.1 Remote Code Execution via cron toolPriority MEDIUM 40
    • TI-2026-64759 OpenClaw 2026.5.1 before 2026.7.1 Remote Code Execution via googlemeet.chromePriority LOW 39

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-100596
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2gwv-q898-554m
  3. 2026-10-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

  • TI-2026-07590 Crabbox < v0.12.0 Environment Variable Information Disclosure CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-25309 OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 Media Parsing Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-65190 OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1 Remote Code Execution via system.execApprovals.set CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-65188 OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1 Authorization Bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-20394 Exposure of resource to wrong sphere in OpenClaw CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-27742 OpenClaw < 2026.3.24 - Arbitrary Code Execution via .npmrc in Local Plugin/Hook Installation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
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