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Attackers can exploit this trust-labeling issue to strengthen prompt-injection attacks by rendering untrusted events as trusted System events.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00151,"percentile":0.04341,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-345"],"published":"2026-04-25T23:47:31Z","modified":"2026-11-11T20:10:00Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","fixed_in":["2026.4.20"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.4.20"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.4.20"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"openclaw","product":"openclaw"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-57r2-h2wj-g887","tags":["vendor-advisory","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/f61896b03cc7031f51106a04566831f4ac2a0bd7","tags":["patch","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-improper-trust-labeling-in-isolated-cron-awareness-events","tags":["third-party-advisory","Patch","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44999","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-57r2-h2wj-g887"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m5j2-r859-r5cv"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/44xxx/CVE-2026-44999.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-44999","title":"OpenClaw \u003c 2026.4.20 - Improper Trust Labeling in Isolated Cron Awareness Events","description":"OpenClaw before 2026.4.20 fails to properly preserve untrusted labels for isolated cron awareness events, allowing webhook-triggered cron agent output to be recorded as trusted system events. 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Attackers can exploit this trust-labeling issue to strengthen prompt-injection attacks by rendering untrusted events as trusted System events.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-11T16:46:38Z","modified":"2026-05-12T13:53:06Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:04:37.152927Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-57r2-h2wj-g887","title":"OpenClaw: Isolated cron awareness events were recorded as trusted system events","description":"## Affected Packages / Versions\n\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Affected versions: `\u003c 2026.4.20`\n- Patched version: `2026.4.20`\n\n## Impact\n\nOutput from webhook-triggered isolated cron agent runs could be queued into the main session awareness stream without `trusted: false`. That made the event render as a trusted `System:` event instead of an untrusted system event.\n\nThis is a trust-labeling issue that can strengthen prompt-injection impact, but it does not directly bypass gateway auth, tool policy, or sandboxing. Severity is low.\n\n## Fix\n\nOpenClaw now preserves untrusted labels for isolated cron awareness events and forwards the trust flag through cron delivery helpers.\n\nFix commit:\n\n- `f61896b03cc7031f51106a04566831f4ac2a0bd7`\n\n## Release\n\nFixed in OpenClaw `2026.4.20`.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-25T23:47:31Z","modified":"2026-05-19T15:56:29Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":1.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U","level":"low"}],"cwes":["CWE-345"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:40:12.430932Z"},{"id":"GHSA-m5j2-r859-r5cv","title":"Duplicate Advisory: OpenClaw: Isolated cron awareness events were recorded as trusted system events","description":"### Duplicate Advisory\nThis advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-57r2-h2wj-g887. This link is maintained to preserve external references.\n\n### Original Description\nOpenClaw before 2026.4.20 fails to properly preserve untrusted labels for isolated cron awareness events, allowing webhook-triggered cron agent output to be recorded as trusted system events. Attackers can exploit this trust-labeling issue to strengthen prompt-injection attacks by rendering untrusted events as trusted System events.","status":"withdrawn","published":"2026-05-11T18:31:46Z","modified":"2026-05-18T15:29:41Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/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","level":"medium"},{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-345"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:40:11.298154Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-44999","description":"OpenClaw before 2026.4.20 fails to properly preserve untrusted labels for isolated cron awareness events, allowing webhook-triggered cron agent output to be recorded as trusted system events. 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That made the event render as a trusted `System:` event instead of an untrusted system event.\n\nThis is a trust-labeling issue that can strengthen prompt-injection impact, but it does not directly bypass gateway auth, tool policy, or sandboxing. 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