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Permalink CVE-2026-41916

5.4 MEDIUM

CVSS version: 3.1
Attack vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges required (PR): LOW
User interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality impact (C): LOW
Integrity impact (I): LOW
Availability impact (A): NONE

created 5 days, 6 hours ago Activity log

Created suggestion 5 days, 6 hours ago

OpenClaw < 2026.4.8 - Stale Authentication State via Config Reload

OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains an authentication state management vulnerability where the resolvedAuth closure becomes stale after configuration reload. Newly accepted gateway connections continue using outdated resolved auth state, allowing attackers to bypass authentication controls through config reload operations.

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-68x5-xx89-w9mm) vendor-advisory
Patch Commit patch
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.4.8 - Stale Authentication State via Config Reload third-party-advisory

Affected products

OpenClaw

<2026.4.8
==2026.4.8

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.openclaw

Self-hosted, open-source AI assistant/agent

nixos-unstable 2026.4.12
- nixpkgs-unstable 2026.4.21
- nixos-unstable-small 2026.4.21

Package maintainers

@mkg20001 Maciej Krüger <mkg20001+nix@gmail.com>
@chrisportela Chris Portela <chris@chrisportela.com>

Suggestion detail

References

Affected products

Matching in nixpkgs

pkgs.openclaw

Package maintainers