Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.1)

Improper Authorization Expansion (CWE-863) in OpenClaw Gateway HTTP Authentication

CVE-2026-42429

Published:

Apr 28, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Improper Authorization

CWE:

CWE-863

Impact:

Privilege Escalation to Unauthorized Write Operations

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Improper Authorization

CWE:

CWE-863

Impact:

Privilege Escalation to Unauthorized Write Operations

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(7.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Catch This CVE While Code Is Being Written

Detect vulnerable code directly in pull requests, so CVEs are fixed before merge.