CVE-2026-44999 OpenClaw < 2026.4.20 - Improper Trust Labeling in Isolated Cron Awareness Events
Attackers can manipulate trust labels in cron events to bypass security controls and strengthen prompt-injection attacks in OpenClaw.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-44999?
CVE-2026-44999 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw, published on 11 May 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
OpenClaw before 2026.4.20 fails to properly preserve untrusted labels for isolated cron awareness events, allowing webhook-triggered cron agent output to be recorded as trusted system events. Attackers can exploit this trust-labeling issue to strengthen prompt-injection attacks by rendering untrusted events as trusted System events.
Weakness: CWE-345
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-44999?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including openclaw. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
openclaw npm | All versions | 2026.4.20 |
openclaw npm | All versions | 2026.4.20 |
Products include Openclaw Openclaw.
How do I fix CVE-2026-44999?
Upgrade openclaw to 2026.4.20 or later.
Is CVE-2026-44999 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-44999 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Openclaw Openclaw
- CVE-2026-28363 Security feature bypass in OpenClaw
- CVE-2026-30741 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-2026-33579 OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 - Privilege Escalation via Missing Caller Scope Validation in Device Pair Approval
- CVE-2026-32922 OpenClaw < 2026.3.11 - Privilege Escalation via Unvalidated Scope in device.token.rotate
- CVE-2026-32978 OpenClaw < 2026.3.11 - Approval Bypass via Unrecognized Script Runners
Sources
Also known as GHSA-57r2-h2wj-g887, MINI-56fj-m9cj-375x, MINI-978x-c7j5-qrpw.