GHSA-whf9-3hcx-gq54

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-whf9-3hcx-gq54

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-whf9-3hcx-gq54/GHSA-whf9-3hcx-gq54.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-whf9-3hcx-gq54

Aliases

CVE-2026-42422

Downstream

MINI-wgm5-jh77-8fmc

Published

2026-04-09T17:33:05Z

Modified

2026-05-06T02:51:07.296856Z

Severity

8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator

Summary

OpenClaw `device.token.rotate` mints tokens for unapproved roles, bypassing device role-upgrade pairing

Details

Impact

OpenClaw device.token.rotate mints tokens for unapproved roles, bypassing device role-upgrade pairing.

Device token rotation could mint or preserve roles/scopes that had not gone through the intended pairing approval.

OpenClaw is a user-controlled local assistant. This advisory is scoped to the OpenClaw trust model and does not assume a multi-tenant service boundary.

Affected Packages / Versions

Package: openclaw (npm)
Affected versions: <= v2026.04.01
Patched versions: 2026.4.8

Fix

The issue was fixed on main and is available in the patched npm version listed above. The verified fixed tree is commit d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5.

Verification

The fix was re-checked against main before publication, including targeted regression tests for the affected security boundary.

Credits

Thanks @nicky-cc of Tencent zhuque Lab (https://github.com/Tencent/AI-Infra-Guard) for reporting.

Database specific

{
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-04-28T19:37:45Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-04-09T17:33:05Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-863"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true
}

References

Affected packages

npm / openclaw

Package

Name: openclaw; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/openclaw

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2026.4.8

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-whf9-3hcx-gq54/GHSA-whf9-3hcx-gq54.json"