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

CVE-2026-43568

Description

OpenClaw versions 2026.4.5 before 2026.4.10 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability allowing write-scoped operators to modify persistent memory dreaming settings. Attackers with write-scoped gateway access can toggle admin-class configuration mutations through the /dreaming endpoint to escalate privileges.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
openclawnpm	>= 2026.4.5, < 2026.4.10	2026.4.10

Affected products

OpenClaw/OpenclawGHSA2 versions
>= 2026.4.5, < 2026.4.10+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 2026.4.5, < 2026.4.10
- cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*range: >=2026.4.5,<2026.4.10
ghsa-coords
pkg:npm/openclaw
Range: >= 2026.4.5, < 2026.4.10

Patches

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References

github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/6af17b39e11f5f35e23b7e5a5f71a7d0aa3c7310nvdPatchWEB
github.com/advisories/GHSA-5gjc-grvm-m88jghsaADVISORY
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-5gjc-grvm-m88jnvdVendor AdvisoryWEB
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-memory-dreaming-configuration-in-dreaming-endpointnvdThird Party Advisory
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/63872ghsaWEB

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