Advisories

OpenClaw 2026.4.7 < 2026.4.14 - Privilege Escalation via Untrusted Webhook Wake Events

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severity
critical
date
Affecting
  • OpenClaw 2026.4.7 < 2026.4.14

CWE
  • CWE-184: Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
CVSS
9.1
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
zsx (@zsxsoft), KeenSecurityLab, qclawer
Description
OpenClaw versions 2026.4.7 before 2026.4.14 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability where heartbeat owner downgrade logic skips webhook wake events carrying untrusted content. Attackers can exploit this by sending untrusted webhook wake events to preserve owner-like execution context when the run should have been downgraded.

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