High severity · published May 11, 2026
CVE-2026-45223
Crabbox < 0.9.0 Authentication Bypass via Admin Claim Injection
8.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Crabbox before 0.9.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the coordinator user-token verification path where the verifyUserToken() function fails to reject payloads containing an admin claim, allowing attackers to escalate privileges. An attacker with access to the shared non-admin token can craft a user-token payload with admin: true, sign it using HMAC-SHA256, and present it to admin-only coordinator routes to gain full coordinator admin access including lease visibility, pool state management, and forced release operations.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CR
crabbox · openclaw
before 0.9.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45223
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45223
github.com
https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox/commit/46079f6de7f10cf61bc47efebd0c143a41664898
github.com
https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox/pull/64
github.com
https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox/releases/tag/v0.9.0
www.vulncheck.com
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crabbox-authentication-bypass-via-admin-claim-injection
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