CVE•Published 2026-05-05•Modified 2026-05-07•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-43534Openclaw · Openclaw
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS percentile
3
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 97% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains an input validation vulnerability that allows external hook metadata to be enqueued as trusted system events. Attackers can supply malicious hook names to escalate untrusted input into higher-trust agent context.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-05
Modified 2026-05-07
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2026-43534Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Openclaw Openclaw"All exposed Openclaw Openclaw instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Openclaw"HTTP body or banner mentions "Openclaw" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-43534Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-43534Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-43534Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-43534GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-43534" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.