CVE-2026-28471: Openclaw

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

OpenClaw version 2026.1.14-1 prior to 2026.2.2, with the Matrix plugin installed and enabled, contain a vulnerability in which DM allowlist matching could be bypassed by exact-matching against sender display names and localparts without homeserver validation. Remote Matrix users can impersonate allowed identities by using attacker-controlled display names or matching localparts from different homeservers to reach the routing and agent pipeline.

Affected products

• Openclaw Openclaw: from 2026.1.14-1, before 2026.2.2 (fixed in 2026.2.2)

Published 2026-03-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.