What is GHSA-5h3f-885m-v22w?

GHSA-5h3f-885m-v22w is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. OpenClaw: Existing WS sessions survive shared gateway token rotation

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-5h3f-885m-v22w cover?

GHSA-5h3f-885m-v22w covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-42421. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

Which products are affected by GHSA-5h3f-885m-v22w?

GHSA-5h3f-885m-v22w affects 1 product, including: npm/openclaw:\u003c 2026.4.8.

GHSA-5h3f-885m-v22wMedium

OpenClaw: Existing WS sessions survive shared gateway token rotation

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

April 9, 2026

Last Modified

April 28, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-42421 →

📋 Description

Impact

Existing WS sessions survive shared gateway token rotation.

Rotating the shared gateway token did not disconnect existing shared-token WebSocket sessions.

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: <= 2026.4.1
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 @kexinoh of Tencent zhuque Lab (https://github.com/Tencent/AI-Infra-Guard) for reporting.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/openclaw:< 2026.4.8