Privilege escalation in Openclaw

CVE-2026-100586

OpenClaw Codex before 2026.7.1 fails to properly enforce owner authorization when creating native conversation bindings. Non-owner channel senders with command access can create bindings to the native Codex runtime and execute host-capable turns with access to files, tools, and processes.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS 0.002, 16.0th percentile (scored ); unchanged over 30 days. About EPSS.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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