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Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-41371

High
CWE-863 — Weakness Type
Published: Apr 28, 2026  ·  Modified: May 4, 2026  ·  Source: NVD
CVSS v3
8.5
🔗 NVD Official
📄 Description (English)

OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in chat.send that allows write-scoped gateway callers to trigger admin-only session reset operations. Attackers can rotate target sessions, archive prior transcript state, and force new session IDs without requiring admin scope by exploiting improper authorization checks in the chat.send path.

🤖 AI Executive Summary

CVE-2026-41371 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in OpenClaw's chat.send function that allows write-scoped users to perform admin-only session reset operations. Attackers can rotate sessions, archive transcripts, and generate new session IDs without proper authorization, affecting confidentiality and integrity of chat systems. With a CVSS score of 8.5 and no patch currently available, this poses significant risk to organizations using OpenClaw for customer communications and internal messaging.

📄 Description (Arabic)

🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 1, 2026 16:17
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi organizations in banking (SAMA-regulated institutions), government agencies (NCA oversight), healthcare providers, and telecommunications (STC, Mobily) using OpenClaw for customer service, internal communications, or chat-based transaction systems face significant risk. The vulnerability enables unauthorized session manipulation, potentially exposing sensitive customer data, transaction records, and confidential communications. Financial institutions are particularly at risk due to regulatory requirements under SAMA CSF for session management and audit trails. Government entities face compliance violations under NCA ECC 2024 controls for access control and accountability.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Banking and Financial Services Government and Public Administration Healthcare and Medical Services Telecommunications Energy and Utilities E-commerce and Retail Insurance
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
8.2
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
1. Inventory all OpenClaw deployments and identify systems with write-scoped user access to chat.send functionality
2. Implement network segmentation to restrict access to OpenClaw chat.send endpoints to trusted administrative networks only
3. Enable comprehensive audit logging for all chat.send operations, session resets, and transcript archival activities
4. Review access control lists and revoke unnecessary write-scoped permissions for non-administrative users

COMPENSATING CONTROLS (until patch available):
5. Deploy Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to monitor and block suspicious chat.send requests with session reset parameters
6. Implement API gateway authentication requiring multi-factor authentication for any session management operations
7. Monitor for anomalous patterns: multiple session resets from single user, rapid session ID changes, transcript archival without admin context
8. Establish real-time alerts for unauthorized session operations and escalate to security team

DETECTION RULES:
- Alert on chat.send requests containing session reset/rotation parameters from non-admin accounts
- Monitor for transcript archival operations initiated by write-scoped users
- Track session ID generation frequency anomalies per user account
- Flag API calls combining write scope with admin-level session operations

PATCHING:
9. Monitor OpenClaw security advisories for version 2026.3.28 or later release
10. Prepare upgrade testing environment and establish patching timeline once patch is available
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. حصر جميع نشرات OpenClaw وتحديد الأنظمة التي تحتوي على وصول المستخدمين ذوي الصلاحيات المكتوبة إلى وظيفة chat.send
2. تطبيق تقسيم الشبكة لتقييد الوصول إلى نقاط نهاية OpenClaw chat.send للشبكات الإدارية الموثوقة فقط
3. تفعيل تسجيل التدقيق الشامل لجميع عمليات chat.send وإعادة تعيين الجلسات وأنشطة أرشفة النصوص
4. مراجعة قوائم التحكم في الوصول وإلغاء الأذونات المكتوبة غير الضرورية للمستخدمين غير الإداريين

الضوابط البديلة (حتى توفر التصحيح):
5. نشر قواعد جدار حماية تطبيقات الويب (WAF) لمراقبة وحظر طلبات chat.send المريبة التي تحتوي على معاملات إعادة تعيين الجلسة
6. تطبيق مصادقة بوابة API تتطلب المصادقة متعددة العوامل لأي عمليات إدارة الجلسات
7. مراقبة الأنماط الشاذة: إعادة تعيين جلسات متعددة من مستخدم واحد، تغييرات معرف الجلسة السريعة، أرشفة النصوص بدون سياق إداري
8. إنشاء تنبيهات في الوقت الفعلي للعمليات غير المصرح بها للجلسات وتصعيدها إلى فريق الأمان

قواعد الكشف:
- تنبيه على طلبات chat.send التي تحتوي على معاملات إعادة تعيين/تدوير الجلسة من حسابات غير إدارية
- مراقبة عمليات أرشفة النصوص التي يبدأها المستخدمون ذوو الصلاحيات المكتوبة
- تتبع شذوذ تكرار إنشاء معرف الجلسة لكل حساب مستخدم
- وضع علامة على استدعاءات API التي تجمع بين الصلاحيات المكتوبة وعمليات الجلسات على مستوى المسؤول

التصحيح:
9. مراقبة استشارات أمان OpenClaw للإصدار 2026.3.28 أو إصدار لاحق
10. تحضير بيئة اختبار الترقية وإنشاء جدول زمني للتصحيح بمجرد توفر التصحيح
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC 2024 A.9.1.1 - Access control policy and procedures ECC 2024 A.9.2.1 - User registration and de-registration ECC 2024 A.9.4.3 - Password management ECC 2024 A.10.1.1 - Information security event logging ECC 2024 A.10.2.1 - Protection of log information
🔵 SAMA CSF
SAMA CSF 1.1 - Governance and Risk Management SAMA CSF 2.1 - Access Control and Authentication SAMA CSF 2.2 - Privileged Access Management SAMA CSF 3.1 - Logging and Monitoring SAMA CSF 3.2 - Incident Detection and Response
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
ISO 27001:2022 A.5.15 - Access control ISO 27001:2022 A.5.16 - Identification and authentication ISO 27001:2022 A.5.23 - Information security for supplier relationships ISO 27001:2022 A.8.1 - User endpoint devices ISO 27001:2022 A.8.2 - Privileged access rights
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0.1
PCI DSS 2.1 - Restrict access to system components PCI DSS 7.1 - Limit access to system components PCI DSS 10.1 - Implement audit logging PCI DSS 10.2 - Implement user identification
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
openclaw:openclaw
📊 CVSS Score
8.5
/ 10.0 — High
📊 CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L
Attack VectorN — None / Network
Attack ComplexityL — Low / Local
Privileges RequiredL — Low / Local
User InteractionN — None / Network
ScopeC — Changed
ConfidentialityN — None / Network
IntegrityH — High
AvailabilityL — Low / Local
📋 Quick Facts
Severity High
CVSS Score8.5
CWECWE-863
EPSS0.04%
Exploit No
Patch ✗ No
Published 2026-04-28
Source Feed nvd
🇸🇦 Saudi Risk Score
8.2
/ 10.0 — Saudi Risk
Priority: HIGH
🏷️ Tags
CWE-863
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