Is CVE-2026-44997 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-44997 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-44997?

CVE-2026-44997 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-44997?

CVE-2026-44997 has an EPSS score of 0.22% (13th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2026-44997?

Upgrade openclaw to 2026.4.22 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-44997

MEDIUM

4.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.22 contains a security envelope constraint bypass vulnerability allowing restricted subagents to spawn ACP child sessions that fail to inherit depth, child-count limits, control scope, or target-agent restrictions. Attackers can exploit this by spawning child sessions that bypass subagent-only constraints, potentially escalating privileges or accessing restricted resources.

CWE-266

How to fix

Remediation Available

openclawNVD

Affected:< 2026.4.22Fixed in:2026.4.22CVE-2026-44997derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days

13thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 13% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-266 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-28000	Critical	9.8	68%	-	Fix
CVE-2025-27007	Critical	9.8	51%	-	-
CVE-2025-47539	Critical	9.8	31%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-20759	High	8.8	28%	-	Fix
CVE-2024-13106	Medium	5.3	27%	-	-
CVE-2024-3013	Medium	6.3	23%	-	-

Embed a live status badge for CVE-2026-44997

Markdown

[![CVE-2026-44997](https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2026-44997.svg)](https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2026-44997)

HTML

<a href="https://tridentstack.com/cve/CVE-2026-44997"><img src="https://tridentstack.com/cve/badge/CVE-2026-44997.svg" alt="CVE-2026-44997"></a>

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.