| Component | OpenClaw |
| Severity | medium (CVSS 6.5) |
| CVSS vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N |
| Published (NVD) | 2026-03-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
| Affected versions | openclaw < 2026.3.2 |
| Fixed in | 2026.3.2 |
| Weakness | CWE-288 |
| CISA KEV | not listed |
NVD description
OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.2 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the /api/channels route classification due to canonicalization depth mismatch between auth-path classification and route-path canonicalization. Attackers can bypass plugin route authentication checks by submitting deeply encoded slash variants such as multi-encoded %2f to access protected /api/channels endpoints.
What to do
- Upgrade OpenClaw to
2026.3.2or later. - Do not expose the component's API or UI to the internet without authentication in front of it.
Sources
- NVD: CVE-2026-32004
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-v865-p3gq-hw6m
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/2fd8264ab03bd178e62a5f0c50d1c8556c17f12d
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/7a7eee920a176a0043398c6b37bf4cc6eb983eeb
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/93b07240257919f770d1e263e1f22753937b80ea
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/d74bc257d8432f17e50b23ae713d7e0623a1fe0f
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-authentication-bypass-via-encoded-path-in-api-channels-route
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