What is CVE-2026-45001?

CVE-2026-45001 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-05-11.

How severe is CVE-2026-45001?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Openclaw

CVE-2026-45001

OpenClaw before 2026.4.20 contains a guard bypass vulnerability in the agent-facing gateway config.patch and config.apply endpoints that fails to protect operator-trusted settings including sandbox policy, plugin enablement, gateway auth/T…

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Openclaw — versions 0, 2026.4.20

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-45001?: CVE-2026-45001 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-05-11.
How severe is CVE-2026-45001?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.