OpenClaw up to 2026.7.0 Chat Send Endpoint privileges management

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in OpenClaw up to 2026.7.0. This affects an unknown function of the component Chat Send Endpoint. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-100578. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in OpenClaw up to 2026.7.0. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Chat Send Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

OpenClaw (npm package `openclaw`) before 2026.7.1 fails to restrict owner-only infrastructure tools exposed through the chat.send endpoint. In Gateway deployments using authentication modes that honor caller identity and narrower operator scopes, a write-scoped non-owner caller can start a chat turn whose tool inventory includes the `gateway` and `cron` tools, causing the agent to invoke owner-only configuration or scheduling operations, including persistent state changes. Practical impact depends on the tools selected by the model and the caller's ability to steer the turn. Shared-secret token and password callers are treated as fully trusted operators under OpenClaw's security model and are outside the scope of this issue. The issue is fixed in 2026.7.1; as a workaround, restrict chat.send to administrators in identity-bearing deployments and remove `gateway` and `cron` from affected agent tool policies.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-100578 since 09/26/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 2026.7.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Artificial Intelligence Software

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• OpenClaw

Version

• 2026.0
• 2026.1
• 2026.2
• 2026.3
• 2026.4
• 2026.5
• 2026.6
• 2026.7.0

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• Product: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/

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