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CVE-2026-40045

OpenClaw before 2026.4.2 accepts non-loopback cleartext ws:// gateway endpoints and transmits stored gateway credentials over unencrypted connections. Attackers can forge discovery results or craft setup codes to redirect clients to malicious endpoints, disclosing plaintext gateway credentials.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:f3ca490e214c11b62c3c477439f88344f769f08397d434db20c32311a158b2d5
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 2 assertions

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"ADJACENT_NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":5.7,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b544608a1fb87e6968996cfc29d83e417e7148ea2bf17487db62083619b2dd67 · sha256:222157c3ce461e07… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"ADJACENT","baseScore":5.9,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"PASSIVE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentiality…

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b544608a1fb87e6968996cfc29d83e417e7148ea2bf17487db62083619b2dd67 · sha256:222157c3ce461e07… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageURL":"pkg:npm/openclaw","product":"OpenClaw","vendor":"OpenClaw","versions":[{"lessThan":"2026.4.2","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"2026.4.2","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b544608a1fb87e6968996cfc29d83e417e7148ea2bf17487db62083619b2dd67 · sha256:222157c3ce461e07… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

2 source assertions
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"ADJACENT_NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":5.7,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"NONE","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b544608a1fb87e6968996cfc29d83e417e7148ea2bf17487db62083619b2dd67 · sha256:222157c3ce461e07… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"ADJACENT","baseScore":5.9,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"PASSIVE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentiality…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b544608a1fb87e6968996cfc29d83e417e7148ea2bf17487db62083619b2dd67 · sha256:222157c3ce461e07… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-319","description":"CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b544608a1fb87e6968996cfc29d83e417e7148ea2bf17487db62083619b2dd67 · sha256:222157c3ce461e07… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"name":"Patch Commit","tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/a941a4fef9bc43b2973c92d0dcff5b8a426210c5"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b544608a1fb87e6968996cfc29d83e417e7148ea2bf17487db62083619b2dd67 · sha256:222157c3ce461e07… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-83f3-hh45-vfw9)","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-83f3-hh45-vfw9"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b544608a1fb87e6968996cfc29d83e417e7148ea2bf17487db62083619b2dd67 · sha256:222157c3ce461e07… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.4.2 - Cleartext Credential Transmission via Unencrypted WebSocket Gateway Endpoints","tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-cleartext-credential-transmission-via-unencrypted-websocket-gateway-endpoints"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b544608a1fb87e6968996cfc29d83e417e7148ea2bf17487db62083619b2dd67 · sha256:222157c3ce461e07… · /containers/cna/references/2

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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