AI agent vulnerability · OpenClaw

CVE-2026-43566: OpenClaw: Heartbeat owner downgrade missed untrusted webhook wake events

mediumCVSS 4.0 6.0 · 3.1 9.1GHSA-g2hm-779g-vm32

Summary Heartbeat owner downgrade missed untrusted webhook wake events. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw - Ecosystem: npm - Affected versions: = 2026.4.7 = 2026.4.14 Impact Heartbeat owner downgrade logic could skip webhook wake events carrying untrusted content, preserving owner-like execution context where the run should have been downgraded.

Published Apr 17, 2026 · Updated May 8, 2026

Affected packages

openclaw

Ecosystem: npm
Affected: >= 2026.4.7, < 2026.4.14
Fixed in: 2026.4.14
Check: npm ls openclaw

Advisory details

From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).

Summary

Heartbeat owner downgrade missed untrusted webhook wake events.

Affected Packages / Versions

Package: openclaw
Ecosystem: npm
Affected versions: >= 2026.4.7 < 2026.4.14
Patched versions: >= 2026.4.14

Impact

Heartbeat owner downgrade logic could skip webhook wake events carrying untrusted content, preserving owner-like execution context where the run should have been downgraded.

Technical Details

The fix includes wake and hook event reasons in owner-downgrade inspection and forces downgrade for untrusted hook wake events.

Fix

The issue was fixed in #66031. The first stable tag containing the fix is v2026.4.14, and [email protected] includes the fix.

Fix Commit(s)

31281bc92f55796817a92bc43f722cba1e77ab42
PR: #66031

Release Process Note

Users should upgrade to openclaw 2026.4.14 or newer. The latest npm release, 2026.4.14, already includes the fix.

Credits

Thanks to @zsxsoft, with sponsorship from @KeenSecurityLab and @qclawer for reporting this issue.

Credited to zsxsoft, KeenSecurityLab, qclawer.

References

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