CVE-2026-43534
OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains an input validation vulnerability that allows external hook metadata to be enqueued as trusted system events. Attackers can supply malicious hook names to escalate untrusted input into higher-trust agent context.
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OpenClaw is a niche tool with low adoption in the standard web and mobile development stack. While the vulnerability is critical and allows for privilege escalation to a higher-trust context via malicious hook metadata, its limited deployment does not warrant surfacing this to the broader developer community.
Severity
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NCWE-345EPSS
Affects
openclaw:openclawTechnical description
OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains an input validation vulnerability that allows external hook metadata to be enqueued as trusted system events. Attackers can supply malicious hook names to escalate untrusted input into higher-trust agent context.