CVE-2026-43534
criticalOpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains an input validation vulnerability that allows external hook metadata to be enqueued as trusted system events.
Vendor / product: Openclaw — openclaw
OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains an input validation vulnerability that allows external hook metadata to be enqueued as trusted system events. Attackers can supply malicious hook names to escalate untrusted input into higher-trust agent context.
CVSS
9.8
9.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-05-05 12:16
Modified: 2026-11-11 23:10
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 3 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-11 23:13 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
openclaw / openclaw <2026.4.10
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/e3a845bde5b54f4f1e742d0a51ba9860f9619b29 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-7g8c-cfr3-vqqr disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-unsanitized-external-input-in-agent-hook-eve... disclosure@vulncheck.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-11 23:13 UTC · record ↗