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OpenClaw: Agent gateway config mutations could change protected operator settings

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GHSA ID
GHSA-7jm2-g593-4qrc
Severity
medium
Published
Updated
CVSS v4
6 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

Affected Packages / Versions

  • Package: openclaw (npm)
  • Affected versions: < 2026.4.20
  • Patched version: 2026.4.20

Impact

The agent-facing gateway config.patch / config.apply guard did not cover several operator-trusted settings, including sandbox policy, plugin enablement, gateway auth/TLS, hook routing, MCP server configuration, SSRF policy, and filesystem hardening. A prompt-injected model with access to the owner-only gateway tool could persist changes to those settings.

This is a model-to-operator guard bypass, not a remote unauthenticated gateway compromise. Severity is medium.

Fix

OpenClaw now blocks model-driven gateway config mutations for the broader operator-trusted path set and covers per-agent overrides and array-entry patching.

Fix commit:

  • fe30b31a97a917ecc6e92f6c85378b6b20352422

Release

Fixed in OpenClaw 2026.4.20.

CWEs

  • CWE-285 · Improper Authorization
  • CWE-1220 · Insufficient Granularity of Access Control

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