CRITICAL: CVE-2026-43566 (CVSS 9.1) — multiple products
CVE: CVE-2026-43566
CVSS: 9.1 (3.1) — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Severity: CRITICAL
Status: Critical advisory
Affected
_See vendor advisory_
Summary
OpenClaw versions 2026.4.7 before 2026.4.14 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability where heartbeat owner downgrade logic skips webhook wake events carrying untrusted content. Attackers can exploit this by sending untrusted webhook wake events to preserve owner-like execution context when the run should have been downgraded.
Verified Sources
References
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/31281bc92f55796817a92bc43f722cba1e77ab42
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-g2hm-779g-vm32
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-untrusted-webhook-wake-events
_Validated by the Lyrie Threat Intelligence Pipeline — 3 independent sources confirmed before publication. No speculation._
Lyrie Verdict
A vulnerability of this severity is exactly what Lyrie's anti-rogue-AI defense is built for: continuous, autonomous monitoring that doesn't wait for human reaction time.
Validated sources
- [1]NVD
- [2]GitHub Advisory
- [3]MITRE