Is CVE-2026-45001 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-45001 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-45001?

CVE-2026-45001 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-45001?

CVE-2026-45001 has an EPSS score of 0.22% (12th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2026-45001?

Upgrade openclaw to 2026.4.20 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-45001

HIGH

7.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.20 contains a guard bypass vulnerability in the agent-facing gateway config.patch and config.apply endpoints that fails to protect operator-trusted settings including sandbox policy, plugin enablement, gateway auth/TLS, hook routing, MCP server configuration, SSRF policy, and filesystem hardening. A prompt-injected model with access to the owner-only gateway tool can persist unauthorized changes to protected operator settings.

CWE-862Missing Authorization

How to fix

Remediation Available

openclawNVD

Affected:< 2026.4.20Fixed in:2026.4.20CVE-2026-45001derived 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

ConfidentialityLow

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days

12thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 12% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Third-Party Advisory1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2021-39226	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-0543	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-21978	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-52163	High	8.8	96%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-1329	High	8.8	93%	-	-
CVE-2023-6875	Critical	9.8	90%	-	-

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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.