CVE-2026-44999
mediumpriority · track · 0OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.002 · 4 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
OpenClaw before 2026.4.20 fails to properly preserve untrusted labels for isolated cron awareness events, allowing webhook-triggered cron agent output to be recorded as trusted system events. Attackers can exploit this trust-labeling issue to strengthen prompt-injection attacks by rendering untrusted events as trusted System events.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.7–6.3
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affected products (7)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-1227OpenClaw: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-04-21csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in OpenClaw ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen, möglicherweise Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen und Daten zu manipulieren oder offenzulegen.
- GHSA-57r2-h2wj-g887OpenClaw: Isolated cron awareness events were recorded as trusted system events2026-04-25ghsa · osvUS
## Affected Packages / Versions - Package: `openclaw` (npm) - Affected versions: `< 2026.4.20` - Patched version: `2026.4.20` ## Impact Output from webhook-triggered isolated cron agent runs could be queued into the main session awareness stream without `trusted: false`. That made the event render as a trusted `System:` event instead of an untrusted system event. This is a trust-labeling issue that can strengthen prompt-injection impact, but it does not directly bypass gateway auth, tool policy, or sandboxing. Severity is low. ## Fix OpenClaw now preserves untrusted labels for isolated cron awareness events and forwards the trust flag through cron delivery helpers. Fix commit: - `f61896b03cc7031f51106a04566831f4ac2a0bd7` ## Release Fixed in OpenClaw `2026.4.20`.
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references (8)
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- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44999cnnvd
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/f61896b03cc7031f51106a04566831f4ac2a0bd7enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-57r2-h2wj-g887enisa_euvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-improper-trust-labeling-in-isolated-cron-awareness-eventsenisa_euvd
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/f61896b03cc7031f51106a04566831f4ac2a0bd7Patchnvd
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-57r2-h2wj-g887Third Party Advisorynvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-improper-trust-labeling-in-isolated-cron-awareness-eventsPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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