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CVE-2026-45223

Crabbox < 0.9.0 Authentication Bypass via Admin Claim Injection

Published: May 11, 2026Updated: May 12, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-290
NVD MITRE
8.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 70.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

Crabbox before 0.9.0 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the coordinator user-token verification path where the verifyUserToken() function fails to reject payloads containing an admin claim, allowing attackers to escalate privileges. An attacker with access to the shared non-admin token can craft a user-token payload with admin: true, sign it using HMAC-SHA256, and present it to admin-only coordinator routes to gain full coordinator admin access including lease visibility, pool state management, and forced release operations.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-290

Affected Products

crabboxopenclaw
On-prem
AI / ML / ai-agent-tooling
openclawoss-projectSecurity Productsaka crabbox, clawdbot

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Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox/releases/tag/v0.9.0
github.com
https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox/pull/64
github.com
https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox/commit/46079f6de7f10cf61bc47efebd0c143a41664898
github.com
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Timeline

Published
May 11, 2026
Last Updated
May 12, 2026

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