CVE-2026-41349
OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 - Agentic Consent Bypass via config.patch
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains an agentic consent bypass vulnerability allowing LLM agents to silently disable execution approval via config.patch parameter. Remote attackers can exploit this to bypass security controls and execute unauthorized operations without user consent.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
8.7
OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 - Agentic Consent Bypass via config.patch
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains an agentic consent bypass vulnerability allowing LLM agents to silently disable execution approval via config.patch parameter. Remote attackers can exploit this to bypass security controls and execute unauthorized operations without user consent.
- Record
CVE-2026-41349- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-25333
8.7
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains an agentic consent bypass vulnerability allowing LLM agents to silently disable execution approval via config.patch parameter. Remote attackers can exploit this to bypass security controls and execute unauthorized operations without user consent.
- Record
EUVD-2026-25333- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7f25-vhj7-mxrc
8.7
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains an agentic consent bypass vulnerability allowing LLM agents to...
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains an agentic consent bypass vulnerability allowing LLM agents to silently disable execution approval via config.patch parameter. Remote attackers can exploit this to bypass security controls and execute unauthorized operations without user consent.
- Record
GHSA-7f25-vhj7-mxrc- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-v3qc-wrwx-j3pw
8.2
OpenClaw: Agentic Consent Bypass — LLM Agent Can Silently Disable Exec Approval via `config.patch`
Summary
Agentic Consent Bypass: LLM Agent Can Silently Disable Exec Approval via config.patch
Current Maintainer Triage
- Status: open
- Normalized severity: high
- Assessment: Maintainers accepted this issue, fixed it in 76411b2afc4ae721e36c12e0ea24fd23e2fed61e on 2026-03-27, and that fix shipped in v2026.3.28, so normalize it as a fixed released draft rather than a close-by-trust-model call.
Affected Packages / Versions
- Package:
openclaw(npm) - Latest published npm version:
2026.3.31 - Vulnerable version range:
<=2026.3.24 - Patched versions:
>= 2026.3.28 - First stable tag containing the fix:
v2026.3.28
Fix Commit(s)
76411b2afc4ae721e36c12e0ea24fd23e2fed61e— 2026-03-27T09:42:15Z
OpenClaw thanks @YLChen-007 for reporting.
- Record
GHSA-v3qc-wrwx-j3pw- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
8.7
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains an agentic consent bypass vulnerability allowing LLM agents to silently disable execution approval via config.patch parameter. Remote attackers can exploit this to bypass security controls and execute unauthorized operations without user consent.
- Record
CVE-2026-41349- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
8.7
OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 - Agentic Consent Bypass via config.patch
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains an agentic consent bypass vulnerability allowing LLM agents to silently disable execution approval via config.patch parameter. Remote attackers can exploit this to bypass security controls and execute unauthorized operations without user consent.
- Record
CVE-2026-41349- CVSS 4.0
- 8.7 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-11
OSVGHSA-v3qc-wrwx-j3pw
8.2
OpenClaw: Agentic Consent Bypass — LLM Agent Can Silently Disable Exec Approval via `config.patch`
Summary
Agentic Consent Bypass: LLM Agent Can Silently Disable Exec Approval via config.patch
Current Maintainer Triage
- Status: open
- Normalized severity: high
- Assessment: Maintainers accepted this issue, fixed it in 76411b2afc4ae721e36c12e0ea24fd23e2fed61e on 2026-03-27, and that fix shipped in v2026.3.28, so normalize it as a fixed released draft rather than a close-by-trust-model call.
Affected Packages / Versions
- Package:
openclaw(npm) - Latest published npm version:
2026.3.31 - Vulnerable version range:
<=2026.3.24 - Patched versions:
>= 2026.3.28 - First stable tag containing the fix:
v2026.3.28
Fix Commit(s)
76411b2afc4ae721e36c12e0ea24fd23e2fed61e— 2026-03-27T09:42:15Z
OpenClaw thanks @YLChen-007 for reporting.
- Record
GHSA-v3qc-wrwx-j3pw- CVSS 4.0
- 8.2 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-285
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | OSV | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-41349 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.7) in Openclaw, published April 3, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 41st percentile. Fixed in openclaw 2026.3.28.
References
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-v3qc-wrwx-j3pw
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/76411b2afc4ae721e36c12e0ea24fd23e2fed61e
vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-agentic-consent-bypass-via-config-patch
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41349
github.com/advisories/GHSA-7f25-vhj7-mxrc
github.com/advisories/GHSA-v3qc-wrwx-j3pw
github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/41xxx/CVE-2026-41349.json
github.com/openclaw/openclaw