CVE-2026-43578

CRITICALNVD 9.19.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 9.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-05-06. NVD baseline CVSS 9.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS

Also known asEUVD-2026-28168 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 9.1Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

OpenClaw versions 2026.3.31 before 2026.4.10 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability where heartbeat owner downgrade detection misses local background async exec completion events. Attackers can exploit this by providing untrusted completion content to leave a run in a more privileged context than intended.

CVSS
9.1
EG Score
9.1CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
56
EG Risk 56/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity91% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.1 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.3% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
21st
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.1): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.1 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.1 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.3% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-12). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

May 6, 2026

Last Modified

November 11, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Aug 1, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github.
Web page

OpenClaw 2026.3.31 < 2026.4.10 - Privilege Escalation via Missed Async Exec Completion Events in Heartbeat Owner Downgrade | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-missed-async-exec-completion-events-in-heartbeat-owner-downgrade
GitHub advisoryMentions a patch (unverified)

Heartbeat owner downgrade missed local async exec completion events · Advisory · openclaw/openclaw · GitHub

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-g375-h3v6-4873
GitHub commit

commit 19a2e9ddb5a8 (openclaw/openclaw)

Fix landed in openclaw/openclaw commit 19a2e9ddb5a8 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/19a2e9ddb5a8a494abcba812bb11f51075026a27

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
openclaw—
  • 2026.3.31 up to 2026.4.10: fixed in 2026.4.10
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 59× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed its CVE.org record (CNA or CISA ADP). An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). "EchelonGraph re-scored" is our own recompute of this CVE's score, not an update from a source, and is not counted in the refreshes above. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 398 rows on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 298 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-13 00:32 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  2. 2026-11-13 00:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
  3. 2026-11-12 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 21st percentile
  4. 2026-11-11 23:28 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  5. 2026-11-11 23:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
  6. 2026-11-11 16:39 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 21st percentile
  7. 2026-11-11 00:19 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  8. 2026-11-11 00:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
  9. 2026-11-10 16:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 21st percentile
  10. 2026-11-09 23:14 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  11. 2026-11-09 23:14 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
  12. 2026-11-09 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 21st percentile
  13. 2026-11-08 22:11 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  14. 2026-11-08 22:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
  15. 2026-11-08 16:39 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 21st percentile
  16. 2026-11-07 21:04 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  17. 2026-11-07 21:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
  18. 2026-11-07 16:39 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 21st percentile
  19. 2026-11-06 19:59 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  20. 2026-11-06 19:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
  21. 2026-11-06 16:38 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 21st percentile
  22. 2026-11-06 08:55 UTCOSV refresh
  23. 2026-11-05 18:55 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  24. 2026-11-05 18:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
  25. 2026-11-05 16:37 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 21st percentile
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  1. 2026-11-04 17:51 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  2. 2026-11-04 17:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
  3. 2026-11-04 16:35 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 21st percentile
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  5. 2026-11-03 16:46 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  6. 2026-11-03 16:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
  7. 2026-11-02 16:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 21st percentile
  8. 2026-11-02 15:33 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  9. 2026-11-02 15:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
  10. 2026-11-01 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 21st percentile
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  12. 2026-11-01 14:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
  13. 2026-10-31 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 21st percentile
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  15. 2026-10-31 13:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
  16. 2026-10-30 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 21st percentile
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  18. 2026-10-30 12:20 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
  19. 2026-10-29 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 21st percentile
  20. 2026-10-29 11:16 UTCEchelonGraph re-scored
  21. 2026-10-29 11:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
  22. 2026-10-28 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 21st percentile
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  24. 2026-10-28 10:10 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
  25. 2026-10-27 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.3% · 21st percentile
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  27. 2026-10-27 08:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
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  30. 2026-10-26 04:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
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  34. 2026-10-25 03:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
  35. 2026-10-24 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.5% · 42nd percentile
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  37. 2026-10-24 02:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
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  40. 2026-10-23 01:37 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
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  43. 2026-10-22 00:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
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  46. 2026-10-20 23:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
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  49. 2026-10-19 22:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
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  52. 2026-10-18 21:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
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  56. 2026-10-17 20:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
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  59. 2026-10-16 19:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
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  63. 2026-10-15 16:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
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  66. 2026-10-14 10:24 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
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  69. 2026-10-13 08:57 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
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  72. 2026-10-12 07:53 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-mw7v-rxqg-f85m · GitHub severity CRITICAL · GitHub CVSS 9.1
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-43578?
CVE-2026-43578 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on May 6, 2026. OpenClaw versions 2026.3.31 before 2026.4.10 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability where heartbeat owner downgrade detection misses local background async exec completion events. Attackers can exploit this by providing untrusted completion content to leave a run in a more privileged context…
When was CVE-2026-43578 made public?
CVE-2026-43578 was made public on April 16, 2026: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, VulnCheck, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on May 6, 2026. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of November 11, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-43578 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-43578 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (21st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-43578?
CVE-2026-43578 has a CVSS base score of 9.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-43578?
A fix for CVE-2026-43578 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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