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BREW-OPENCLAW-CLI-CVE-20… (GHSA-WHF9-3HCX-GQ54)

Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 17:21 – Updated: 2026-09-17 17:24 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
OpenClaw `device.token.rotate` mints tokens for unapproved roles, bypassing device role-upgrade pairing
Details

Impact

OpenClaw device.token.rotate mints tokens for unapproved roles, bypassing device role-upgrade pairing.

Device token rotation could mint or preserve roles/scopes that had not gone through the intended pairing approval.

OpenClaw is a user-controlled local assistant. This advisory is scoped to the OpenClaw trust model and does not assume a multi-tenant service boundary.

Affected Packages / Versions

  • Package: openclaw (npm)
  • Affected versions: <= v2026.04.01
  • Patched versions: 2026.4.8

Fix

The issue was fixed on main and is available in the patched npm version listed above. The verified fixed tree is commit d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5.

Verification

The fix was re-checked against main before publication, including targeted regression tests for the affected security boundary.

Credits

Thanks @nicky-cc of Tencent zhuque Lab (https://github.com/Tencent/AI-Infra-Guard) for reporting.

Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
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  "details": "## Impact\n\nOpenClaw `device.token.rotate` mints tokens for unapproved roles, bypassing device role-upgrade pairing.\n\nDevice token rotation could mint or preserve roles/scopes that had not gone through the intended pairing approval.\n\nOpenClaw is a user-controlled local assistant. This advisory is scoped to the OpenClaw trust model and does not assume a multi-tenant service boundary.\n\n## Affected Packages / Versions\n\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Affected versions: `\u003c= v2026.04.01`\n- Patched versions: `2026.4.8`\n\n## Fix\n\nThe issue was fixed on `main` and is available in the patched npm version listed above. The verified fixed tree is commit `d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5`.\n\n## Verification\n\nThe fix was re-checked against `main` before publication, including targeted regression tests for the affected security boundary.\n\n## Credits\n\nThanks @nicky-cc  of Tencent zhuque Lab ([https://github.com/Tencent/AI-Infra-Guard](https://github.com/Tencent/AI-Infra-Guard)) for reporting.",
  "id": "BREW-openclaw-cli-CVE-2026-42422",
  "modified": "2026-09-17T17:24:13Z",
  "published": "2026-08-13T17:21:32Z",
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
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      "url": "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-role-bypass-in-device-token-rotate-function"
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
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  "upstream": [
    "GHSA-whf9-3hcx-gq54",
    "CVE-2026-42422"
  ]
}



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