CVE-2026-43568

7.1 highEPSS 0.2%

High (7.1) in openclaw openclaw. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in openclaw 2026.4.10.

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.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

7.1 high

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 11% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-862
Published: 2026-05-05
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

openclaw:openclaw

Packages (OSV)

Advisory	Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
GHSA-5gjc-grvm-m88j	npm	openclaw	>=2026.4.5 <2026.4.10	2026.4.10

References

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/6af17b39e11f5f35e23b7e5a5f71a7d0aa3c7310
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-5gjc-grvm-m88j
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-memory-dreaming-configuration-in-dreaming-endpoint

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