CVE-2026-41393 — openclaw
Fix: openclaw/openclaw@a23c33aCVE-2026-41393 is a CWE-346 vulnerability in openclaw. A fix is available for openclaw — see the affected versions and patch details below.
OpenClaw < 2026.3.31 - Arbitrary DNS Authority Acceptance and Credential Exfiltration via Wide-Area Discovery
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-41393.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.
openclawnpmDescription
Summary
macOS Wide-Area Discovery Accepts Arbitrary Tailnet Peer as DNS Authority and Exfiltrates Operator Credentials
Current Maintainer Triage
- Status: narrow
- Normalized severity: medium
- Assessment: Real shipped macOS discovery steering bug, but exploitation needs same-tailnet position, a CA-trusted endpoint, and user selection, so medium not high.
Affected Packages / Versions
- Package:
openclaw(npm) - Latest published npm version:
2026.3.31 - Vulnerable version range:
<=2026.3.28 - Patched versions:
>= 2026.3.31 - First stable tag containing the fix:
v2026.3.31
Fix Commit(s)
a23c33a681f8c1b22dc793995acc4c5c4b568346— 2026-03-31T10:04:11+01:00
OpenClaw thanks @nexrin for reporting.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | openclaw | all versions | 2026.3.31npm install openclaw@2026.3.31 |
Affected Products
openclawopenclawDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for openclaw, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update openclaw to 2026.3.31 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-41393 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2026-41393 in your dependencies?
Find it across npm, including transitive dependencies.