Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-32970

Openclaw ≤ 2026.3.11

Public PoC
Published
31 March 2026
Modified
25 July 2026
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v4 2.0
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0010 1th percentile
Risk Priority 14 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2026-32970 is a low-severity Failing Open (CWE-636) vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw. Its CVSS base score is 2.0 (Low).

Operationally, ranked at the 1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to CP-12 (Safe Mode) and SC-24 (Fail in Known State) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A10:2025 Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

OpenClaw before 2026.3.11 contains a credential fallback vulnerability where unavailable local gateway.auth.token and gateway.auth.password SecretRefs are treated as unset, allowing fallback to remote credentials in local mode. Attackers can exploit misconfigured local auth references to cause CLI and helper paths…

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to select incorrect credential sources, potentially bypassing intended local authentication boundaries.

CWE(s)
CWE-636

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Affected Assets

openclaw
openclaw
≤ 2026.3.11

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

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Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V3.2.1
  • V7.4.1
  • V8.3.3
  • V10.3.4

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SC-24 Fail in Known State good match

SC-24 directly requires the system to fail to a known state that preserves security properties, structurally stopping fallback to a less-secure mode.

SI-17 Fail-safe Procedures good match

SI-17 mandates explicit fail-safe procedures that activate on indicated failures, preventing the insecure fallback behavior.

CP-12 Safe Mode good match

CP-12 forces entry into a safe mode on detected conditions, limiting exposure but not covering every failure path.

SA-8 Security and Privacy Engineering Principles partial match

SA-8 requires application of engineering principles that include fail-secure design, reducing the likelihood the weakness is introduced.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure-development practices explicitly include designing error and failure handling to remain in a secure state.

PR.AA-05 partial match
prevents

Least-privilege policy and enforcement directly counters the permissive-access fallback example in the CWE.

PR.PS-01 partial match
prevents

Hardened baselines and configuration management reduce the chance that error paths default to insecure settings.

References