OpenClaw up to 2026.3.10 spawnedBy/workspaceDir exposure of resource

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in OpenClaw up to 2026.3.10. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation of the argument spawnedBy/workspaceDir results in exposure of resource. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-33573. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenClaw up to 2026.3.10. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument spawnedBy/workspaceDir with an unknown input leads to a exposure of resource vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-668. The product exposes a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

OpenClaw before 2026.3.11 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the gateway agent RPC that allows authenticated operators with operator.write permission to override workspace boundaries by supplying attacker-controlled spawnedBy and workspaceDir values. Remote operators can escape the configured workspace boundary and execute arbitrary file and exec operations from any process-accessible directory.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-33573 since 03/23/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 2026.3.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-17026). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Exposure of resource
CWE: CWE-668 / CWE-200 / CWE-284
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: OpenClaw 2026.3.11

Timelineinfo

03/23/2026 CVE reserved
03/29/2026 +6 days Advisory disclosed
03/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/29/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-2rqg-gjgv-84jm
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-33573 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-33573
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-354111
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/29/2026 17:48
Updated: 03/29/2026 18:36
Changes: 03/29/2026 17:48 (76), 03/29/2026 18:36 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:5C9:103

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