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Medium severity6.5GHSA Advisory· Published May 5, 2026· Updated May 7, 2026

CVE-2026-43528

CVE-2026-43528

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.14 contains a redaction bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated gateway clients to receive unredacted secrets through sourceConfig and runtimeConfig alias fields. Attackers with config read access can exploit this to obtain provider API keys, gateway authentication material, and channel credentials that should have been redacted.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
openclawnpm
< 2026.4.142026.4.14

Affected products

2
  • OpenClaw/OpenclawGHSA2 versions
    < 2026.4.14+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: < 2026.4.14
    • cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*range: <2026.4.14

Patches

1
86734ef93a2f

fix(config): redact sourceConfig and runtimeConfig alias fields in redactConfigSnapshot [AI] (#66030)

https://github.com/openclaw/openclawPavan Kumar GondhiApr 13, 2026via ghsa
3 files changed · +25 2
  • CHANGELOG.md+1 0 modified
    @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
     
     ### Fixes
     
    +- fix(config): redact sourceConfig and runtimeConfig alias fields in redactConfigSnapshot [AI]. (#66030) Thanks @pgondhi987.
     - Agents/context engines: run opt-in turn maintenance as idle-aware background work so the next foreground turn no longer waits on proactive maintenance. (#65233) thanks @100yenadmin
     
     - Plugins/status: report the registered context-engine IDs in `plugins inspect` instead of the owning plugin ID, so non-matching engine IDs and multi-engine plugins are classified correctly. (#58766) thanks @zhuisDEV
    
  • src/config/redact-snapshot.test.ts+16 0 modified
    @@ -565,9 +565,21 @@ describe("redactConfigSnapshot", () => {
         });
         const result = redactConfigSnapshot(snapshot);
         const parsed = result.parsed as Record<string, Record<string, Record<string, string>>>;
    +    const sourceConfig = result.sourceConfig as Record<
    +      string,
    +      Record<string, Record<string, string>>
    +    >;
         const resolved = result.resolved as Record<string, Record<string, Record<string, string>>>;
    +    const runtimeConfig = result.runtimeConfig as Record<
    +      string,
    +      Record<string, Record<string, string>>
    +    >;
         expect(parsed.channels.discord.token).toBe(REDACTED_SENTINEL);
    +    expect(sourceConfig.gateway.auth.token).toBe(REDACTED_SENTINEL);
         expect(resolved.gateway.auth.token).toBe(REDACTED_SENTINEL);
    +    expect(runtimeConfig.channels.discord.token).toBe(REDACTED_SENTINEL);
    +    expect(result.sourceConfig).toBe(result.resolved);
    +    expect(result.runtimeConfig).toBe(result.config);
       });
     
       it("handles null raw gracefully", () => {
    @@ -610,7 +622,11 @@ describe("redactConfigSnapshot", () => {
         const result = redactConfigSnapshot(snapshot);
         expect(result.raw).toBeNull();
         expect(result.parsed).toBeNull();
    +    expect(result.sourceConfig).toEqual({});
         expect(result.resolved).toEqual({});
    +    expect(result.runtimeConfig).toEqual({});
    +    expect(result.sourceConfig).toBe(result.resolved);
    +    expect(result.runtimeConfig).toBe(result.config);
       });
     
       it("handles deeply nested tokens in accounts", () => {
    
  • src/config/redact-snapshot.ts+8 2 modified
    @@ -423,12 +423,16 @@ export function redactConfigSnapshot(
         // properly redacted all sensitive data. Handing out a partially or, worse,
         // unredacted config string would be bad.
         // Therefore, the only safe route is to reject handling out broken configs.
    +    const redactedConfig = {} as ConfigFileSnapshot["config"];
    +    const redactedResolved = {} as ConfigFileSnapshot["resolved"];
         return {
           ...snapshot,
    -      config: {},
    +      sourceConfig: redactedResolved,
    +      runtimeConfig: redactedConfig,
    +      config: redactedConfig,
           raw: null,
           parsed: null,
    -      resolved: {},
    +      resolved: redactedResolved,
         };
       }
       // else: snapshot.config must be valid and populated, as that is what
    @@ -455,6 +459,8 @@ export function redactConfigSnapshot(
     
       return {
         ...snapshot,
    +    sourceConfig: redactedResolved,
    +    runtimeConfig: redactedConfig,
         config: redactedConfig,
         raw: redactedRaw,
         parsed: redactedParsed,
    

Vulnerability mechanics

Generated by null/stub on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.

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