Medium severity · published May 6, 2026
CVE-2026-43579
OpenClaw < 2026.4.10 - Insufficient Access Control in Nostr Profile Mutation Routes
6.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains an insufficient access control vulnerability in Nostr plugin HTTP profile routes that allows operators with write permissions to persist profile configuration without requiring admin authority. Attackers with operator.write scope can modify Nostr profile settings through unprotected mutation endpoints to gain unauthorized configuration persistence.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 12% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
OpenClaw · OpenClaw
before 2026.4.10 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43579
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-43579
Patch
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/6517c700de9bb0ee11b41ab625ef3b63d01b6083
Mitigation
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-f3h5-h452-vp3j
Third Party Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-insufficient-access-control-in-nostr-profile-mutation-routes
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