CVE-2026-53860 OpenClaw < 2026.5.7 - Sender Policy Bypass via Mutable Conversation Identifiers in BlueBubbles

What is CVE-2026-53860?

CVE-2026-53860 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw, published on 16 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenClaw before 2026.5.7 contains a sender policy bypass vulnerability in BlueBubbles that allows participants to match allowlist entries through conversation metadata rather than stable sender identity. Attackers can influence conversation-level identifiers to receive agent responses intended for configured senders, potentially bypassing access controls.

Weakness: CWE-863, CWE-807

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-53860?

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

Products include Openclaw Openclaw.

How do I fix CVE-2026-53860?

Upgrade openclaw to 2026.5.7 or later.

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

Is CVE-2026-53860 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-53860 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-8j37-5w68-wj2g, MINI-4hj7-4cfj-xh6w.