Internal-network requests via permissive citation redirects
Published Mar 19, 2026 · Updated Mar 19, 2026
SSRF in OpenClaw 2026.2.26 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to send internal-network requests through citation redirects. Gemini web_search citation resolution follows attacker-influenced redirects with an SSRF policy that permits loopback, private, and internal destinations. Reachability requires influence over a citation redirect target and access to invoke web_search; resulting requests originate from the Gateway host.
Summary
What happened
SSRF in OpenClaw 2026.2.26 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to send internal-network requests through citation redirects. Gemini web_search citation resolution follows attacker-influenced redirects with an SSRF policy that permits loopback, private, and internal destinations. Reachability requires influence over a citation redirect target and access to invoke web_search; resulting requests originate from the Gateway host.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-31989
- Published
- Mar 19, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 19, 2026
- Vendor
- OpenClaw Foundation
- Product
- OpenClaw
- Classifications
- CWE-918, T1090.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2026.3.1
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