{"id":"CVE-2026-43566","summary":"OpenClaw 2026.4.7 \u003c 2026.4.14 - Privilege Escalation via Untrusted Webhook Wake Events","details":"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.","aliases":["GHSA-g2hm-779g-vm32"],"modified":"2026-07-08T08:13:27.091723804Z","published":"2026-05-05T11:25:08.323Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43566.json","cwe_ids":["CWE-184"],"cna_assigner":"VulnCheck"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/43xxx/CVE-2026-43566.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-g2hm-779g-vm32"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43566"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-untrusted-webhook-wake-events"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/31281bc92f55796817a92bc43f722cba1e77ab42"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw","events":[{"introduced":"5050017543011b61df67744ebc6368d889c25a95"},{"fixed":"323493fa1b6adc1e10b9954a68d5eaa5a6ef1170"},{"fixed":"31281bc92f55796817a92bc43f722cba1e77ab42"}],"database_specific":{"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"2026.4.7"},{"fixed":"2026.4.14"}],"source":["CPE_RANGE","REFERENCES"],"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*"}}],"versions":["v2026.4.14-beta.1","v2026.4.12","v2026.4.12-beta.1","v2026.4.11","v2026.4.11-beta.1","v2026.4.10","v2026.4.9","v2026.4.9-beta.1","v2026.4.8","v2026.4.7-1","v2026.4.7"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-43566.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"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"}]}