Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-62205

Access Control in Openclaw 2026.4.12 – 2026.6.6

Public PoCAccess Control
Published
17 July 2026
Modified
21 July 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v4 6.0
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/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 0.0025 16th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-62205 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw. Its CVSS base score is 6.0 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 16th 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 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

OpenClaw versions 2026.4.12-beta.1 before 2026.6.6 contain a missing-authorization vulnerability in the MS Teams message actions feature. When the affected feature is enabled and reachable, a lower-trust caller or a configured input path can perform actions that should have required a…

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stronger authorization or policy check. Practical impact depends on the operator's configuration and whether lower-trust input can reach that path. The issue is fixed in 2026.6.6.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Why these techniques?

Missing authorization (CWE-862) in a reachable MS Teams integration path directly enables unauthorized actions by lower-trust callers, mapping to exploitation for privilege escalation and public-facing application abuse.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2025-1639Shared CWE-862
CVE-2024-56266Shared CWE-862
CVE-2025-31194Shared CWE-862
CVE-2025-7822Shared CWE-862
CVE-2025-6718Shared CWE-862
CVE-2025-27270Shared CWE-862
CVE-2025-60127Shared CWE-862
CVE-2025-6380Shared CWE-862
CVE-2025-1309Shared CWE-862
CVE-2024-1094Shared CWE-862

Affected Assets

openclaw
openclaw
2026.4.12 — 2026.6.6

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
  • AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 5 hardening rules · 3 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly enforces authorization checks before allowing MS Teams message actions, blocking the missing-authorization path described in CWE-862.

prevent

Limits privileges granted to lower-trust callers or input paths, reducing the impact of any missing authorization check in the affected feature.

prevent

Enforces information flow policies on configured input paths, preventing unauthorized actions from reaching the MS Teams message actions feature.

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.AA-05 full match
prevents

Explicitly requires defining, enforcing, and reviewing authorizations and least privilege, directly preventing missing authorization checks.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

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

prevents

Requiring authentication and credentials before any access occurs eliminates the absence of authorization checks that would otherwise allow an unauthenticated actor to reach protected resources.

prevents

Requiring formal authorization of every access request before rights are granted ensures that checks for required permissions are performed, preventing missing authorization checks from being introduced.

prevents

Mandatory authorization checks and central records of granted rights ensure that every access attempt is preceded by an explicit decision rather than relying on missing checks.

mitigates

Segregating the approval of access rights from their implementation provides an independent check that reduces the impact of missing authorization checks in the resulting system configuration.

detects

By requiring competent outsiders to verify that every function enforces the need-to-know principle, the control lowers the likelihood that missing authorization checks persist undetected.

prevents

Defining authorization responsibilities and reviewing risk-treatment progress throughout the project lifecycle catches missing authorization checks before the system is deployed.

References