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Advisory details: gitlab / npm/clawdbot/CVE-2026-25253
Advisory ID gitlab/npm/clawdbot/CVE-2026-25253
Aliases CVE-2026-25253
GHSA-g8p2-7wf7-98mq
Summary OpenClaw/Clawdbot has 1-Click RCE via Authentication Token Exfiltration From gatewayUrl The Control UI trusts `gatewayUrl` from the query string without validation and auto-connects on load, sending the stored gateway token in the WebSocket connect payload. Clicking a crafted link or visiting a malicious site can send the token to an attacker-controlled server. The attacker can then connect to the victim's local gateway, modify config (sandbox, tool policies), and invoke privileged actions, achieving 1-click RCE. This vulnerability is exploitable even on instances configured to listen on loopback only, since the victim's browser initiates the outbound connection.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/clawdbot/CVE-2026-25253.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://depthfirst.com/post/1-click-rce-to-steal-your-moltbot-data-and-keys
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw
https://openclaw.ai/blog
CVE-2026-25253 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25253
GHSA-g8p2-7wf7-98mq https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g8p2-7wf7-98mq
GHSA-g8p2-7wf7-98mq https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-g8p2-7wf7-98mq
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/clawdbot/CVE-2026-25253.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:R/2026-02-03T14:36:53Z/

Decision: Track*

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/25xxx/CVE-2026-25253.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2026-25253

View SSVC decision tree 
[{'Exploitation': 'poc'},
 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'total'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]