High

OpenClaw: MCP Streamable HTTP redirects could forward configured custom headers to another origin

  • Disclosed: 17.06.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Summary

OpenClaw supports remote MCP Streamable HTTP servers with operator-configured custom headers. In affected releases, those headers could be forwarded when the MCP endpoint responded with a cross-origin redirect.

This issue is limited to configured MCP Streamable HTTP servers that use custom headers. It does not expose unrelated OpenClaw credentials.

Affected configurations

This affects deployments where an MCP server is configured with:

  • transportType: "streamable-http"
  • sensitive custom headers under mcp.servers.*.headers
  • an MCP endpoint that is malicious, compromised, or able to redirect to another origin

Impact

Custom MCP headers, such as API keys or tenant-routing headers, could be sent to the redirect target. The exposed credential scope depends on the header the operator configured for that MCP server.

Patched Versions

The first stable patched version is 2026.5.12.

Mitigations

Upgrade to openclaw@2026.5.8 or later. Before upgrading, avoid custom MCP headers with servers you do not fully trust, and rotate any MCP-specific credentials that may have been exposed by a redirecting endpoint.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package openclaw < 2026.5.12 2026.5.12

References

CVSS score 7.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-200
Platform
npm
Package
openclaw
Disclosed
17.06.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-rjxq-qqhf-8hwh - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: openclaw

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (588) in the archive
Total entries
588
First → latest
02.2026 07.2026
Without a fix
9
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 20
  • High 215
  • Medium 299
  • Low 54

Disclosures per year

  1. 2026: 588
Severity:
  1. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-53811 < 2026.5.7 2026.5.7
  2. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-53806 < 2026.5.12 2026.5.12
  3. High · 7.8 CVE-2026-53813 < 2026.4.25 2026.4.25
  4. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-53834 < 2026.4.27 2026.4.27
  5. Critical CVE-2026-34507 < 2026.4.29 2026.4.29
  6. High CVE-2026-53823 < 2026.5.3 2026.5.3
  7. High · 8.4 CVE-2026-53814 < 2026.5.20 2026.5.20
  8. High · 6.5 CVE-2026-53815 < 2026.5.19 2026.5.19
  9. High · 8.1 CVE-2026-53849 < 2026.5.7 2026.5.7
  10. High · 8.1 CVE-2026-53857 < 2026.5.3 2026.5.3
  11. High · 8.1 CVE-2026-53866 < 2026.5.12 2026.5.12
  12. High · 8.1 CVE-2026-53864 < 2026.5.26 2026.5.26
  13. OpenClaw: MCP Streamable HTTP redirects could forward configured custom headers to another origin this entry
    High · 7.1 CVE-2026-53840 < 2026.5.12 2026.5.12
  14. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-44109 < 2026.4.15 2026.4.15
  15. Critical · 8.1 CVE-2026-43585 < 2026.4.15 2026.4.15
  16. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-43530 >= 2026.2.23, < 2026.4.12 2026.4.12
  17. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-42434 >= 2026.4.5, < 2026.4.10 2026.4.10
  18. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-42437 >= 2026.4.9, < 2026.4.10 2026.4.10
  19. High CVE-2026-41393 < 2026.3.31 2026.3.31
  20. Critical · 8.2 CVE-2026-41296 < 2026.3.31 2026.3.31
  21. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-41352 < 2026.3.31 2026.3.31
  22. High · 7.8 CVE-2026-41396 < 2026.3.31 2026.3.31
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