GHSA-4f8g-77mw-3rxcLowCVSS 7.1

OpenClaw: Gateway plugin HTTP `auth: gateway` widens identity-bearing `operator.read` requests into runtime `operator.write`

Published
April 9, 2026
Last Modified
June 8, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-42429 →

📋 Description

Impact

Gateway plugin HTTP auth: gateway widens identity-bearing operator.read requests into runtime operator.write.

Plugin HTTP routes using gateway auth could receive runtime write scopes even when the upstream trusted-proxy request only declared read.

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: 2026.1.29
  • 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 @smaeljaish771 for reporting.

🎯 Affected products1

  • npm/openclaw:< 2026.4.8

🔗 References (5)