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CVE-2026-43579: OpenClaw < 2026.4.10 - Insufficient Access Control in Nostr Profile Mutation Routes

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-05-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains an insufficient access control vulnerability in Nostr plugin HTTP profile routes that allows operators with write permissions to persist profile configuration without requiring admin authority. Attackers with operator.write scope can modify Nostr profile settings through unprotected mutation endpoints to gain unauthorized configuration persistence.

Affected products

• OpenClaw: before 2026.4.10 — fixed in 2026.4.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OpenClaw 2026.4.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/6517c700de9bb0ee11b41ab625ef3b63d01b6083
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-f3h5-h452-vp3j
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-insufficient-access-control-in-nostr-profile-mutation-routes

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