CVE-2026-41393: OpenClaw: macOS Tailnet DNS Spoofing & Credential Exfiltration
Summary macOS Wide-Area Discovery Accepts Arbitrary Tailnet Peer as DNS Authority and Exfiltrates Operator Credentials Current Maintainer Triage - Status: narrow - Normalized severity: medium - Assessment: Real shipped macOS discovery steering bug, but exploitation needs same-tailnet position, a CA-trusted endpoint, and user selection, so medium not high.
Published Apr 3, 2026 · Updated Apr 28, 2026
Affected packages
openclaw
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Affected
- <= 2026.3.28
- Fixed in
- 2026.3.31
- Check
npm ls openclaw
Advisory details
From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).
Summary
macOS Wide-Area Discovery Accepts Arbitrary Tailnet Peer as DNS Authority and Exfiltrates Operator Credentials
Current Maintainer Triage
- Status: narrow
- Normalized severity: medium
- Assessment: Real shipped macOS discovery steering bug, but exploitation needs same-tailnet position, a CA-trusted endpoint, and user selection, so medium not high.
Affected Packages / Versions
- Package:
openclaw(npm) - Latest published npm version:
2026.3.31 - Vulnerable version range:
<=2026.3.28 - Patched versions:
>= 2026.3.31 - First stable tag containing the fix:
v2026.3.31
Fix Commit(s)
a23c33a681f8c1b22dc793995acc4c5c4b568346— 2026-03-31T10:04:11+01:00
OpenClaw thanks @nexrin for reporting.
Credited to nexrin, KeenSecurityLab, qclawer.
References
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