CVE-2026-43585
OpenClaw < 2026.4.15 - Bearer Token Validation Bypass via Stale SecretRef Resolution
OpenClaw before 2026.4.15 captures resolved bearer-auth configuration at startup, allowing revoked tokens to remain valid after SecretRef rotation. Gateway HTTP and WebSocket handlers fail to re-resolve authentication per-request, enabling attackers to use rotated-out bearer tokens for unauthorized gateway access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
OpenClaw < 2026.4.15 - Bearer Token Validation Bypass via Stale SecretRef Resolution
OpenClaw before 2026.4.15 captures resolved bearer-auth configuration at startup, allowing revoked tokens to remain valid after SecretRef rotation. Gateway HTTP and WebSocket handlers fail to re-resolve authentication per-request, enabling attackers to use rotated-out bearer tokens for unauthorized gateway access.
- Record
CVE-2026-43585- CVSS 4.0
- 9.2 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-672
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-28182
OpenClaw before 2026.4.15 captures resolved bearer-auth configuration at startup, allowing revoked tokens to remain valid after SecretRef rotation. Gateway HTTP and WebSocket handlers fail to re-resolve authentication per-request, enabling attackers to use rotated-out bearer tokens for unauthorized gateway access.
- Record
EUVD-2026-28182- CVSS 4.0
- 9.2 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m8wm-r5vq-qjpg
Duplicate Advisory: OpenClaw: Gateway HTTP endpoints re-resolve bearer auth after SecretRef rotation
Duplicate Advisory
This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-xmxx-7p24-h892. This link is maintained to preserve external references.
Original Description
OpenClaw before 2026.4.15 captures resolved bearer-auth configuration at startup, allowing revoked tokens to remain valid after SecretRef rotation. Gateway HTTP and WebSocket handlers fail to re-resolve authentication per-request, enabling attackers to use rotated-out bearer tokens for unauthorized gateway access.
- Record
GHSA-m8wm-r5vq-qjpg- CVSS 4.0
- 9.2 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/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
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-672
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xmxx-7p24-h892
OpenClaw: Gateway HTTP endpoints re-resolve bearer auth after SecretRef rotation
Summary
Gateway HTTP and WebSocket handlers captured the resolved bearer-auth configuration when the server started. After a SecretRef rotation, the already-running gateway could continue accepting the old bearer token until restart.
Impact
A bearer token that should have been revoked by SecretRef rotation could remain valid on the gateway HTTP and upgrade surfaces for the lifetime of the process. Severity remains high because the old token could continue to authorize gateway requests after operators believed it was rotated out.
Affected versions
- Affected:
< 2026.4.15 - Patched:
2026.4.15
Fix
OpenClaw 2026.4.15 resolves active gateway auth from the runtime secret snapshot per request and per upgrade instead of using a stale startup-time value.
Verified in v2026.4.15:
src/gateway/server.impl.tsexposesgetResolvedAuth()backed by the current runtime secret snapshot.src/gateway/server-http.tscallsgetResolvedAuth()for each HTTP request and WebSocket upgrade before running auth checks.src/gateway/server-http.probe.test.tsverifies/readyre-resolves bearer auth after rotation and rejects the old token.
Fix commit included in v2026.4.15 and absent from v2026.4.14:
acd4e0a32f12e1ad85f3130f63b42443ce90f094via PR #66651
Thanks to @zsxsoft, Keen Security Lab, and @qclawer for reporting this issue.
- Record
GHSA-xmxx-7p24-h892- CVSS 4.0
- 9.2 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-324, CWE-672
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
OpenClaw before 2026.4.15 captures resolved bearer-auth configuration at startup, allowing revoked tokens to remain valid after SecretRef rotation. Gateway HTTP and WebSocket handlers fail to re-resolve authentication per-request, enabling attackers to use rotated-out bearer tokens for unauthorized gateway access.
- Record
CVE-2026-43585- CVSS 4.0
- 9.2 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/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
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-672
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
OpenClaw < 2026.4.15 - Bearer Token Validation Bypass via Stale SecretRef Resolution
OpenClaw before 2026.4.15 captures resolved bearer-auth configuration at startup, allowing revoked tokens to remain valid after SecretRef rotation. Gateway HTTP and WebSocket handlers fail to re-resolve authentication per-request, enabling attackers to use rotated-out bearer tokens for unauthorized gateway access.
- Record
CVE-2026-43585- CVSS 4.0
- 9.2 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-672
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-m8wm-r5vq-qjpg
Duplicate Advisory: OpenClaw: Gateway HTTP endpoints re-resolve bearer auth after SecretRef rotation
Duplicate Advisory
This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-xmxx-7p24-h892. This link is maintained to preserve external references.
Original Description
OpenClaw before 2026.4.15 captures resolved bearer-auth configuration at startup, allowing revoked tokens to remain valid after SecretRef rotation. Gateway HTTP and WebSocket handlers fail to re-resolve authentication per-request, enabling attackers to use rotated-out bearer tokens for unauthorized gateway access.
- Record
GHSA-m8wm-r5vq-qjpg- CVSS 4.0
- 9.2 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/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
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-672
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-xmxx-7p24-h892
OpenClaw: Gateway HTTP endpoints re-resolve bearer auth after SecretRef rotation
Summary
Gateway HTTP and WebSocket handlers captured the resolved bearer-auth configuration when the server started. After a SecretRef rotation, the already-running gateway could continue accepting the old bearer token until restart.
Impact
A bearer token that should have been revoked by SecretRef rotation could remain valid on the gateway HTTP and upgrade surfaces for the lifetime of the process. Severity remains high because the old token could continue to authorize gateway requests after operators believed it was rotated out.
Affected versions
- Affected:
< 2026.4.15 - Patched:
2026.4.15
Fix
OpenClaw 2026.4.15 resolves active gateway auth from the runtime secret snapshot per request and per upgrade instead of using a stale startup-time value.
Verified in v2026.4.15:
src/gateway/server.impl.tsexposesgetResolvedAuth()backed by the current runtime secret snapshot.src/gateway/server-http.tscallsgetResolvedAuth()for each HTTP request and WebSocket upgrade before running auth checks.src/gateway/server-http.probe.test.tsverifies/readyre-resolves bearer auth after rotation and rejects the old token.
Fix commit included in v2026.4.15 and absent from v2026.4.14:
acd4e0a32f12e1ad85f3130f63b42443ce90f094via PR #66651
Thanks to @zsxsoft, Keen Security Lab, and @qclawer for reporting this issue.
- Record
GHSA-xmxx-7p24-h892- CVSS 4.0
- 9.2 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-324, CWE-672
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
openclawnpm |
before 2026.4.15 | 2026.4.15 |
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-2026-43585 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.2) in Openclaw, published April 17, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, the 45th percentile. Fixed in openclaw 2026.4.15.
References
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-xmxx-7p24-h892
vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-bearer-token-validation-bypass-via-stale-secretref-resolution
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43585