GHSA-5hff-46vh-rxmw
OpenClaw: Read-scoped identity-bearing HTTP clients could kill sessions via /sessions/:sessionKey/kill
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
## Summary
Before OpenClaw 2026.4.2, `POST /sessions/:sessionKey/kill` did not enforce write scopes in identity-bearing HTTP modes. A caller limited to read-only operator scopes could still terminate a running subagent session.
## Impact
A read-scoped caller could perform a write-class control-plane mutation and interrupt delegated work. This was an authorization bug on the HTTP scope boundary, not a shared-secret compatibility exception.
## Affected Packages / Versions
- Package: `openclaw` (npm)
- Affected versions: `<= 2026.4.1`
- Patched versions: `>= 2026.4.2`
- Latest published npm version: `2026.4.1`
## Fix Commit(s)
- `54a0878517167c6e49900498cf77420dadb74beb` — enforce session-kill HTTP scopes
## Release Process Note
The fix is present on `main` and is staged for OpenClaw `2026.4.2`. Publish this advisory after the `2026.4.2` npm release is live.
Thanks @EaEa0001 for reporting.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-5hff-46vh-rxmw
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41298
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/54a0878517167c6e49900498cf77420dadb74beb
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-authorization-bypass-in-session-termination-endpoint