CVE-2026-32039 OpenClaw < 2026.2.22 - Sender Authorization Bypass via Identity Collision in toolsBySender

What is CVE-2026-32039?

CVE-2026-32039 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw, published on 19 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.22 contain an authorization bypass vulnerability in the toolsBySender group policy matching that allows attackers to inherit elevated tool permissions through identifier collision attacks. Attackers can exploit untyped sender keys by forcing collisions with mutable identity values such as senderName or senderUsername to bypass sender-authorization policies and gain unauthorized access to privileged tools.

Weakness: CWE-639

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-32039?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including openclaw. It affects 1 product.

Products include Openclaw Openclaw.

How do I fix CVE-2026-32039?

Upgrade openclaw to 2026.2.22 or later.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2026-32039 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-32039 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Openclaw Openclaw

• CVE-2026-28363 Security feature bypass in OpenClaw Critical 9.9
• CVE-2026-30741 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-33579 OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 - Privilege Escalation via Missing Caller Scope Validation in Device Pair Approval Critical 9.4
• CVE-2026-32922 OpenClaw < 2026.3.11 - Privilege Escalation via Unvalidated Scope in device.token.rotate Critical 9.4
• CVE-2026-32978 OpenClaw < 2026.3.11 - Approval Bypass via Unrecognized Script Runners Critical 9.4

All Openclaw Openclaw vulnerabilities

Sources

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Also known as GHSA-wpph-cjgr-7c39, MINI-j577-6wjq-7v44.