What is CVE-2026-44997?

CVE-2026-44997 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-05-11.

How severe is CVE-2026-44997?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Openclaw

CVE-2026-44997

OpenClaw before 2026.4.22 contains a security envelope constraint bypass vulnerability allowing restricted subagents to spawn ACP child sessions that fail to inherit depth, child-count limits, control scope, or target-agent restrictions. A…

EPSS: 0.000 (8.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Openclaw — versions 0, 2026.4.22

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44997?: CVE-2026-44997 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2026-05-11.
How severe is CVE-2026-44997?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.