CVE-2026-41342
OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 - Unauthenticated Discovery Endpoint Credential Exfiltration via Remote Onboarding
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the remote onboarding component that persists unauthenticated discovery endpoints without explicit trust confirmation. Attackers can spoof discovery endpoints to redirect onboarding toward malicious gateways and capture gateway credentials or traffic.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.4
OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 - Unauthenticated Discovery Endpoint Credential Exfiltration via Remote Onboarding
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the remote onboarding component that persists unauthenticated discovery endpoints without explicit trust confirmation. Attackers can spoof discovery endpoints to redirect onboarding toward malicious gateways and capture gateway credentials or traffic.
- Record
CVE-2026-41342- CVSS 4.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-346
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-25326
7.4
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the remote onboarding component that persists unauthenticated discovery endpoints without explicit trust confirmation. Attackers can spoof discovery endpoints to redirect onboarding toward malicious gateways and capture gateway credentials or traffic.
- Record
EUVD-2026-25326- CVSS 4.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3cw3-5vxw-g2h3
7.4
OpenClaw: CLI Remote Onboarding Persists Unauthenticated Discovery Endpoint and Exfiltrates Gateway Credentials
Summary
Remote onboarding accepted discovered gateway endpoints without an explicit trust confirmation before persisting the remote URL and connection details.
Impact
A malicious or spoofed discovery endpoint could steer onboarding toward an attacker-controlled gateway and capture future gateway credentials or traffic.
Affected Component
src/commands/onboard-remote.ts
Fixed Versions
- Affected:
<= 2026.3.24 - Patched:
>= 2026.3.28 - Latest stable
2026.3.28contains the fix.
Fix
Fixed by commit d6affb17d8 (CLI: confirm discovered remote gateways before saving config).
- Record
GHSA-3cw3-5vxw-g2h3- CVSS 4.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gv2f-q4wp-fvh5
7.4
Duplicate Advisory: OpenClaw: CLI Remote Onboarding Persists Unauthenticated Discovery Endpoint and Exfiltrates Gateway Credentials
Duplicate Advisory
This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-3cw3-5vxw-g2h3. This link is maintained to preserve external references.
Original Description
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the remote onboarding component that persists unauthenticated discovery endpoints without explicit trust confirmation. Attackers can spoof discovery endpoints to redirect onboarding toward malicious gateways and capture gateway credentials or traffic.
- Record
GHSA-gv2f-q4wp-fvh5- CVSS 4.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-346
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.4
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the remote onboarding component that persists unauthenticated discovery endpoints without explicit trust confirmation. Attackers can spoof discovery endpoints to redirect onboarding toward malicious gateways and capture gateway credentials or traffic.
- Record
CVE-2026-41342- CVSS 4.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-346
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
7.4
OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 - Unauthenticated Discovery Endpoint Credential Exfiltration via Remote Onboarding
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the remote onboarding component that persists unauthenticated discovery endpoints without explicit trust confirmation. Attackers can spoof discovery endpoints to redirect onboarding toward malicious gateways and capture gateway credentials or traffic.
- Record
CVE-2026-41342- CVSS 4.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-346
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-3cw3-5vxw-g2h3
7.4
OpenClaw: CLI Remote Onboarding Persists Unauthenticated Discovery Endpoint and Exfiltrates Gateway Credentials
Summary
Remote onboarding accepted discovered gateway endpoints without an explicit trust confirmation before persisting the remote URL and connection details.
Impact
A malicious or spoofed discovery endpoint could steer onboarding toward an attacker-controlled gateway and capture future gateway credentials or traffic.
Affected Component
src/commands/onboard-remote.ts
Fixed Versions
- Affected:
<= 2026.3.24 - Patched:
>= 2026.3.28 - Latest stable
2026.3.28contains the fix.
Fix
Fixed by commit d6affb17d8 (CLI: confirm discovered remote gateways before saving config).
- Record
GHSA-3cw3-5vxw-g2h3- CVSS 4.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-gv2f-q4wp-fvh5
7.4
Duplicate Advisory: OpenClaw: CLI Remote Onboarding Persists Unauthenticated Discovery Endpoint and Exfiltrates Gateway Credentials
Duplicate Advisory
This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-3cw3-5vxw-g2h3. This link is maintained to preserve external references.
Original Description
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the remote onboarding component that persists unauthenticated discovery endpoints without explicit trust confirmation. Attackers can spoof discovery endpoints to redirect onboarding toward malicious gateways and capture gateway credentials or traffic.
- Record
GHSA-gv2f-q4wp-fvh5- CVSS 4.0
- 7.4 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-346
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-41342 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.4) in Openclaw, published March 31, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.13%, the 2nd percentile. Fixed in openclaw 2026.3.28.
References
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-3cw3-5vxw-g2h3
vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-unauthenticated-discovery-endpoint-credential-exfiltration-via-remote-onboarding
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/d6affb17d85f5f5ab08ef9f2b994b257af12e75a
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41342
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3cw3-5vxw-g2h3
github.com/advisories/GHSA-gv2f-q4wp-fvh5
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/41xxx/CVE-2026-41342.json
github.com/openclaw/openclaw