What is CVE-2026-41344?

CVE-2026-41344 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-04-23.

How severe is CVE-2026-41344?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Openclaw

CVE-2026-41344

OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the chat.send endpoint that allows write-scoped gateway callers to persist admin-only verboseLevel session overrides. Attackers can exploit the /verbose parameter t…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.001 (24.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Openclaw — versions 0, 2026.3.28

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-5h2w-qmfp-ggp6) (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 - Privilege Escalation via chat.send /verbose Parameter (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-41344?: CVE-2026-41344 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-04-23.
How severe is CVE-2026-41344?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.