CVE-2026-45004: Openclaw

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

OpenClaw before 2026.4.23 contains an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in the bundled plugin setup resolver that loads setup-api.js from process.cwd() during provider setup metadata resolution. Attackers can execute arbitrary JavaScript under the current user account by placing a malicious extensions/<plugin>/setup-api.js file in a repository and convincing a user to run OpenClaw commands from that directory.

Affected products

• Openclaw Openclaw: before 2026.4.23 (fixed in 2026.4.23)

Published 2026-05-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.