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Advisory details: vulnrichment / CVE-2026-40045
Advisory ID vulnrichment/CVE-2026-40045
Aliases
Summary OpenClaw before 2026.4.2 accepts non-loopback cleartext ws:// gateway endpoints and transmits stored gateway credentials over unencrypted connections. Attackers can forge discovery results or craft setup codes to redirect clients to malicious endpoints, disclosing plaintext gateway credentials.
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 (1)
CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 5.7
cvssv4 5.9
ssvc Track
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/a941a4fef9bc43b2973c92d0dcff5b8a426210c5
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-83f3-hh45-vfw9
openclaw-cleartext-credential-transmission-via-unencrypted-websocket-gateway-endpoints Advisory https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-cleartext-credential-transmission-via-unencrypted-websocket-gateway-endpoints
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at None
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Found at None
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Attack Requirements (AT) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-04-21T13:37:33Z/ Found at None

Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-04-21T13:37:33Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/40xxx/CVE-2026-40045.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2026-40045

View SSVC decision tree 
[{'Exploitation': 'none'},
 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]