Vulnerability · Published May 6, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-43579OpenClaw < 2026.4.10 - Insufficient Access Control in Nostr Profile Mutation Routes

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in OpenClaw from OpenClaw. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 12% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains an insufficient access control vulnerability in Nostr plugin HTTP profile routes that allows operators with write permissions to persist profile configuration without requiring admin authority. Attackers with operator.write scope can modify Nostr profile settings through unprotected mutation endpoints to gain unauthorized configuration persistence.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
npm	openclaw	2026.4.10	GHSA-f3h5-h452-vp3j

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
OpenClaw	OpenClaw	0 – before 2026.4.10

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-f3h5-h452-vp3j) vendor-advisory
Patch Commit patch
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.4.10 - Insufficient Access Control in Nostr Profile Mutation Routes third-party-advisory