What is CVE-2026-22174?

CVE-2026-22174 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-03-18.

How severe is CVE-2026-22174?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Openclaw

CVE-2026-22174

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.22 inject the x-OpenClaw-relay-token header into Chrome CDP probe traffic on loopback interfaces, allowing local processes to capture the Gateway authentication token. An attacker controlling a loopback port can intercept CDP reachability probes to the /json/version endpoint and reuse the leaked token as Gateway bearer authentication.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.001 (2.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Openclaw — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Patch, patch)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-22174?: CVE-2026-22174 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-03-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-22174?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.