CVE-2026-41908 PUBLISHED

OpenClaw < 2026.4.20 - Scope Enforcement Bypass in Assistant-Media Route

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 22.04.2026 Published: 23.04.2026 Updated: 23.04.2026

OpenClaw before 2026.4.20 contains a scope enforcement bypass vulnerability in the assistant-media route that allows trusted-proxy callers without operator.read scope to access protected assistant-media files and metadata. Attackers can bypass identity-bearing HTTP auth path scope validation to retrieve sensitive media content within allowed media roots.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 2.3

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	Low	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	None	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	Present	Availability	None	Availability	None
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.3

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	Low	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	OpenClaw
Product	OpenClaw
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 2026.4.20 (excl.) Version 2026.4.20 is unaffected

CVE-2026-41908 PUBLISHED

OpenClaw < 2026.4.20 - Scope Enforcement Bypass in Assistant-Media Route

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