CVE-2026-44116 OpenClaw < 2026.4.22 - Server-Side Request Forgery in Zalo Photo URL Validation

What is CVE-2026-44116?

CVE-2026-44116 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw, published on 6 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.22 contains a server-side request forgery vulnerability in the Zalo plugin's sendPhoto function that fails to validate outbound photo URLs through the SSRF guard. Attackers can bypass SSRF protection by providing malicious photo URLs to the Zalo Bot API, enabling unauthorized access to internal resources.

Weakness: CWE-918

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-44116?

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

Products include Openclaw Openclaw.

How do I fix CVE-2026-44116?

Upgrade openclaw to 2026.4.22 or later.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2026-44116 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44116 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-2hh7-c75g-qj2r, MINI-798r-rh94-chjh, MINI-hjcv-cp57-89mj.