Cyber Posture

CVE-2026-43585

HighPublic PoC

Published: 06 May 2026

Published
06 May 2026
Modified
07 May 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0013 32.3th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-43585 is a high-severity Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release (CWE-672) vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Valid Accounts (T1078); ranked at the 32.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Valid Accounts (T1078) and 1 other technique.
Threat & Defense Details

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1078 Valid Accounts Stealth
Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of existing accounts as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion.
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T1550.001 Application Access Token Lateral Movement
Adversaries may use stolen application access tokens to bypass the typical authentication process and access restricted accounts, information, or services on remote systems.
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Why these techniques?

Vulnerability permits continued use of rotated/revoked bearer tokens for gateway access, directly enabling use of valid accounts and application access tokens for unauthorized access.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

NVD Description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.15 captures resolved bearer-auth configuration at startup, allowing revoked tokens to remain valid after SecretRef rotation. Gateway HTTP and WebSocket handlers fail to re-resolve authentication per-request, enabling attackers to use rotated-out bearer tokens for unauthorized gateway access.

Deeper analysisAI

Automated synthesis unavailable for this CVE.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-672

Affected Products

openclaw
openclaw
≤ 2026.4.15

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