CVE•Published 2026-05-11•Modified 2026-05-13•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-45006Openclaw · Openclaw
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
OpenClaw before 2026.4.23 contains an improper access control vulnerability in the gateway tool's config.apply and config.patch operations that allows compromised models to write unsafe configuration changes by bypassing an incomplete denylist protection. Attackers can persist malicious config modifications affecting command execution, network behavior, credentials, and operator policies that survive restart.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-11
Modified 2026-05-13
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-2026-45006Hosts 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-2026-45006Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-45006Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-45006Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-45006GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-45006" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.