OpenClaw: Browser control startup could continue unauthenticated after auth bootstrap failure
### Summary When browser control started without explicit auth credentials, OpenClaw attempted to bootstrap auth automatically. In affected versions, if that bootstrap step threw an error, startup could continue and expose browser-control routes without authentication. ### Impact On affected deployments, a local process (or a loopback-reachable SSRF path) could access browser-control routes, including evaluate-capable actions, without auth. ### Fix Startup now fails closed: if bootstrap auth fails and no explicit token/password is configured, browser-control startup aborts. ### Affected and Patched Versions - Affected: `<= 2026.2.26` - Patched: `2026.3.1`
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| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-32041US | high7.8OT elevated | — | ||
OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.1 fail to properly handle authentication bootstrap errors during startup, allowing browser-control routes to remain accessible without authenticat… | ||||
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