CVE-2026-45223
HIGHCrabbox < 0.9.0 Authentication Bypass via Admin Claim Injection
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Release Notes release-notes
https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox/releases/tag/v0.9.0
Issue Tracking issue-tracking
https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox/pull/64
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crabbox-authentication-bypass-via-admin-claim-injection
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0008
EPSS Percentile
23.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-290
Status
published
Products (2)
openclaw/crabbox
< 0.9.0
openclaw/crabbox
46079f6de7f10cf61bc47efebd0c143a41664898
Published
May 11, 2026
Tracked Since
May 12, 2026