OpenClaw up to 2026.8.0 Per-Chat Tool Policies privileges management
| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in OpenClaw up to 2026.8.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Per-Chat Tool Policies. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-100552. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in OpenClaw up to 2026.8.0. This affects an unknown code of the component Per-Chat Tool Policies. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
OpenClaw (npm package 'openclaw') before 2026.8.1 does not correctly enforce per-chat tool policies for Codex app-server runtime tools. A conversation-level tools.allow rule filtered OpenClaw tools but did not restrict the shell, process, file, and patch tools owned by the Codex runtime. When a lower-trust conversation was assigned to a Codex runtime and restricted with a per-chat tool allowlist, a participant able to trigger that agent could still reach native command and file tools, bypassing the configured allowlist. The practical impact depends on the runtime's host permissions and sandbox configuration. The issue is fixed in 2026.8.1.
It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-100552 since 09/26/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
Upgrading to version 2026.8.1 eliminates this vulnerability.
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Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4
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VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 8.8
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: OpenClaw 2026.8.1
Timeline
09/26/2026 Advisory disclosed09/26/2026 CVE reserved
09/26/2026 VulDB entry created
09/26/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Product: github.comAdvisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2026-100552 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-100552
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-410547
Entry
Created: 09/26/2026 05:05Changes: 09/26/2026 05:05 (76)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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