Not Failing Securely ('Failing Open')

Overview @openclaw/mattermost is an OpenClaw Mattermost channel plugin Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Not Failing Securely 'Failing Open' in the event handler process due to missing validation of channel type metadata. An attacker can bypass intended policy decisions by sendi...

@0xwork/connect (>=0.1.0, <=0.1.8), @agentholdings/agent-passport (>=0.1.0, <=0.1.5) +27 more potentially affected by CVE-2026-53838 via openclaw (>=2026.3.22, <=2026.5.24-beta.2)

openclaw NPM version =2026.3.22, =0.1.0, =0.1.0, =0.8.3-beta.1, =0.1.0, =2.2.4, =2026.3.25, =4.0.0, =0.0.0, =27.2.5, =1.1.0, =2.1.3, =2026.3.24-3, =0.14.39, =0.14.42 and more Source cves: CVE-2026-53838 Source advisory: SNYK:JS-OPENCLAW-17339814...

User Impersonation

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to User Impersonation in the QQBot streaming command. An attacker can alter configuration settings by accessing the command without meeting explicit allowlist entry requirements. Remediation...

@0xwork/connect (>=0.1.0, <=0.1.7), @agentholdings/agent-passport (>=0.1.0, <=0.1.5) +24 more potentially affected by CVE-2026-53833 via openclaw (>=2026.3.22, <=2026.4.26)

openclaw NPM version =2026.3.22, =0.1.0, =0.1.0, =0.8.3-beta.1, =0.1.0, =2026.3.25, =0.0.0, =27.2.5, =1.1.0, =2.1.3, =2026.3.24-3, =0.14.39, =0.1.0, =0.1.1, =0.2.18 and more Source cves: CVE-2026-53833 Source advisory: SNYK:JS-OPENCLAW-17394037...

@0xwork/connect (>=0.1.0, <=0.1.7), @agentholdings/agent-passport (>=0.1.0, <=0.1.5) +24 more potentially affected by CVE-2026-53834 via openclaw (>=2026.3.22, <=2026.4.26)

openclaw NPM version =2026.3.22, =0.1.0, =0.1.0, =0.8.3-beta.1, =0.1.0, =2026.3.25, =0.0.0, =27.2.5, =1.1.0, =2.1.3, =2026.3.24-3, =0.14.39, =0.1.0, =0.1.1, =0.2.18 and more Source cves: CVE-2026-53834 Source advisory: SNYK:JS-OPENCLAW-17394034...

Incorrect Authorization

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization via the pre-dispatch process in QQBot slash commands. An attacker can bypass access control policies by invoking commands before the configured allowFrom checks ar...

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Time-of-check Time-of-use TOCTOU Race Condition via the node pairing reconnection. An attacker can gain unauthorized node authority by exploiting logic flaws that allow restoration or...

CVE-2026-53838

OpenClaw before 2026.5.27 contains a state mutation vulnerability in node pairing reconnection that allows paired nodes to confuse approval scope decisions. Attackers can exploit reconnection logic to restore or present broader node authority than intended, potentially bypassing approval...

CVE-2026-53839

OpenClaw before 2026.5.7 contains a hostname validation vulnerability in retry endpoint checks that allows matching hostname prefixes instead of exact hostnames. Attackers can exploit this by crafting a hostname prefix resembling a trusted host to send authentication material to untrusted endpoin...

CVE-2026-53834

OpenClaw before 2026.4.27 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in QQBot pre-dispatch slash commands that allows authenticated senders to skip allowFrom policy checks. Attackers can invoke slash commands before configured access control policies are applied, potentially triggering comman...

CVE-2026-53836

OpenClaw before 2026.5.12 contains an allowlist bypass vulnerability in PowerShell encoded-command handling that allows attackers to execute encoded commands using abbreviated flag aliases not recognized by the allowlist parser. Remote authenticated operators can bypass execution allowlist checks...

CVE-2026-53837

OpenClaw before 2026.5.6 contains an improper access control vulnerability in Mattermost event handlers that fails to validate channel type metadata. Attackers can bypass intended DM policy decisions by sending crafted Mattermost events missing channel type information to process restricted conte...

CVE-2026-53829

OpenClaw before 2026.5.18 contains an approval display truncation vulnerability allowing authenticated users to hide command suffixes from approvers. Attackers can submit oversized exec commands with benign prefixes and malicious suffixes to execute unauthorized operations after approval...

CVE-2026-53833

OpenClaw before 2026.4.29 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the QQBot streaming command that allows authenticated senders to mutate configuration without explicit allowFrom restrictions. Attackers can modify QQBot streaming configuration outside intended admin policy by reaching t...

CVE-2026-53828

OpenClaw before 2026.5.6 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in native command handling that allows authenticated senders to execute owner-only commands without proper policy enforcement. Attackers can trigger native command handling to bypass the configured owner-command access contro...

CVE-2026-53827

OpenClaw before 2026.5.2 contains a credential exposure vulnerability in message.action forwarding that allows model-controlled metadata to forward action payloads with Gateway credentials to attacker-supplied loopback URLs. Remote attackers can intercept Gateway tokens and action payloads by...

CVE-2026-53831

OpenClaw before 2026.5.18 contains a policy enforcement vulnerability in system.run safe-bin allowlist validation that allows shell expansion to modify command interpretation on POSIX nodes. Authenticated operators can exploit shell metacharacters in approved commands to read unintended node-loca...

CVE-2026-53832

OpenClaw before 2026.5.18 contains an identity header validation vulnerability allowing local same-host callers to forge trusted-proxy identity headers. Attackers with access to the proxy-facing Gateway port can supply forged identity headers to assume operator identity and potentially escalate...

CVE-2026-53820

OpenClaw before 2026.5.12 contains an exec denylist bypass vulnerability in the bundle MCP loopback session-spawn path that allows authenticated callers to bypass intended command restrictions. Attackers can reach the affected bundled MCP session-spawn path to start sessions with broader command...

CVE-2026-53821

OpenClaw before 2026.5.18 accepts WebSocket client-declared operator scopes before binding to server-approved pairing or trusted-proxy authorization baseline. Unpaired or restricted trusted-proxy Control UI clients can obtain cached operator.admin authority on live WebSocket connections to execut...