CVE-2026-41301 OpenClaw 2026.3.22 < 2026.3.31 - Forged Nostr DM Pairing State Creation via Signature Verification Bypass

What is CVE-2026-41301?

CVE-2026-41301 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw, published on 20 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenClaw versions 2026.3.22 before 2026.3.31 contain a signature verification bypass vulnerability in the Nostr DM ingress path that allows pairing challenges to be issued before event signature validation. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send forged direct messages to create pending pairing entries and trigger pairing-reply attempts, consuming shared pairing capacity and triggering bounded relay and logging work on the Nostr channel.

Weakness: CWE-347

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-41301?

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

Products include Openclaw Openclaw.

How do I fix CVE-2026-41301?

Upgrade openclaw to 2026.3.31 or later.

Is CVE-2026-41301 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-41301 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

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-h43v-27wg-5mf9, MINI-9445-x2fm-ff49.