🛡️ GHSA-p44v-rx83-vjp4 — openclaw

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-290 OSV

8.0

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Duplicate Advisory: Discord allowFrom could bind to mutable display names

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-cw4q-gqg5-g38h. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

OpenClaw before 2026.5.7 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability where the allowFrom feature improperly validates Discord account identity using mutable display names instead of immutable user IDs. Attackers with Discord accounts can change their display name to match a policy entry and gain unauthorized agent access intended for another Discord identity.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

Weakness class

GHSA-p44v-rx83-vjp4 is classified as CWE-290: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing. Identity is inferred from something an attacker can forge, such as a header or address.

Affected software

GHSA-p44v-rx83-vjp4 is recorded against 1 package.

openclaw

Timeline and source

Published on 16 June 2026 and last revised on 18 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

github.com (Web)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
www.vulncheck.com (Web)

Details

Severity HIGH

CVSS Score 8.0

CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE CWE-290

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2026-06-16

Updated 2026-08-12

Modified 2026-06-18

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
openclaw	—	—

References

WEB https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-cw4q-gqg5-g38h

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53849

WEB https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-mutable-discord-display-names-in-allowfrom

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