OpenClaw has an unauthorized sender bypass in its stop triggers and /models command authorization
Date: 2026-03
Affected: npm/openclaw
Attack vector: auth-bypass
Category: vulnerability-disclosure
Severity: Medium
CWE: CWE-863

### Summary Unauthorized senders could trigger two command paths without sender authorization checks: 1. stop-like natural-language abort triggers 2. `/models` command output ### Impact An unauthorized sender could disrupt active sessions and view model/auth metadata that should be authorization-gated. ### Fix Sender authorization is now enforced for stop-like abort triggers and `/models` listings. ### Affected and Patched Versions - Affected: `<= 2026.2.26` - Patched: `2026.3.1`


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