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CVE-2026-44998

Q: Is CVE-2026-44998 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-44998 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.2% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Q: What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-44998?

CVE-2026-44998 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.4 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

No exploitation reported by the sources we read.

Published2026-05-11
Fixed in2026.4.20
WeaknessCWE-863

Am I affected?

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Description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.20 contains a tool policy bypass vulnerability allowing bundled MCP and LSP tools to circumvent configured tool restrictions. Attackers with local agent access can append restricted tools to the effective tool set after policy filtering, bypassing profile policies, allow/deny lists, owner-only restrictions, sandbox policies, and subagent policies.

Timeline

dates in UTC

2026-05-1118:16CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC

Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days

Block these indicators

Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-44998?format=txt
CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2026-44998?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV

Openclaw

Branch	Affected	Fixed in	Source
2026.4	< 2026.4.20	2026.4.20	NVD · OSV

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

Update Openclaw to 2026.4.20

Advisories and patches

github.comPatch
www.vulncheck.comPatch

Detection

Nuclei template: none so far
Exploit-DB: no entry
Proof-of-concept repositories: none listed

Sources

NVDCVE recordread 2026-10-23
CISA-ADPSSVC decisionnone2026-05-11
OpenCVESSVC decisionnone—
CNACVSS 4.02.3read 2026-10-23
CNACVSS 3.15.4read 2026-10-23
CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-863read 2026-10-23
FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.2 %2026-10-23
OSVaffected packages—

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 4.0 vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Published: 2026-05-11
Last Modified: 2026-06-17
NVD status: Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44998?

Is CVE-2026-44998 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2026-44998 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 1.2% on 2026-10-23, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-44998?

CVE-2026-44998 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.4 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

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