High severity · published Sep 26, 2026
CVE-2026-100579
OpenClaw before 2026.7.1 Authentication Bypass via Spoofed Requester
7.6
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
OpenClaw (npm package 'openclaw') before 2026.7.1 incorrectly trusts requester provenance in message.action. In identity-bearing Gateway deployments (authentication modes that honor caller identity and narrower operator scopes), a write-scoped caller can supply another sender's identifier to the channel authorization checks and invoke a channel action under that spoofed requester identity, reaching operations the channel adapter would have denied to the real caller. Practical impact depends on the enabled channel, the action, and the target account's permissions. Shared-secret token and password callers are full trusted operators under OpenClaw's security model and are out of scope. The issue is fixed in 2026.7.1; as a workaround, restrict message.action to administrators and disable sensitive channel actions that rely on requester identity.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 14% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
OpenClaw · OpenClaw
before 2026.7.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-100579
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-100579
vendor-advisory
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-4wvr-f35r-f8w4
third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-before-2026.7.1-authentication-bypass-via-spoofed-requester
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