CVE-2026-42422
Impact
OpenClaw device.token.rotate mints tokens for unapproved roles, bypassing device role-upgrade pairing.
Device token rotation could mint or preserve roles/scopes that had not gone through the intended pairing approval.
OpenClaw is a user-controlled local assistant. This advisory is scoped to the OpenClaw trust model and does not assume a multi-tenant service boundary.
Affected Packages / Versions
- Package:
openclaw(npm) - Affected versions:
<= v2026.04.01 - Patched versions:
2026.4.8
Fix
The issue was fixed on main and is available in the patched npm version listed above. The verified fixed tree is commit d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5.
Verification
The fix was re-checked against main before publication, including targeted regression tests for the affected security boundary.
Credits
Thanks @nicky-cc of Tencent zhuque Lab (https://github.com/Tencent/AI-Infra-Guard) for reporting.
Package Versions Affected
Automatically patch vulnerabilities without upgrading
CVSS Version



Related Resources
References
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-whf9-3hcx-gq54, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42422, https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5, https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw, https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-role-bypass-in-device-token-rotate-function
