CVE-2026-45223 Crabbox < 0.9.0 Authentication Bypass via Admin Claim Injection
Attackers can bypass authentication by injecting admin claims into user tokens, gaining full coordinator admin access and control over pool states.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-45223?
CVE-2026-45223 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in openclaw crabbox, published on 11 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Crabbox before 0.9.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the coordinator user-token verification path where the verifyUserToken() function fails to reject payloads containing an admin claim, allowing attackers to escalate privileges. An attacker with access to the shared non-admin token can craft a user-token payload with admin: true, sign it using HMAC-SHA256, and present it to admin-only coordinator routes to gain full coordinator admin access including lease visibility, pool state management, and forced release operations.
Weakness: CWE-290
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-45223?
How do I fix CVE-2026-45223?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-45223 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2026-45223 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-45223 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-27v8-7qqq-m35q.