OpenClaw up to 2026.3.27 authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in OpenClaw up to 2026.3.27. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-33579. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in OpenClaw up to 2026.3.27. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-863. The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the /pair approve command path that fails to forward caller scopes into the core approval check. A caller with pairing privileges but without admin privileges can approve pending device requests asking for broader scopes including admin access by exploiting the missing scope validation in extensions/device-pair/index.ts and src/infra/device-pairing.ts.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-33579 since 03/23/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 2026.3.28 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Artificial Intelligence Software

Name

• OpenClaw

Version

• 2026.3.0
• 2026.3.1
• 2026.3.2
• 2026.3.3
• 2026.3.4
• 2026.3.5
• 2026.3.6
• 2026.3.7
• 2026.3.8
• 2026.3.9
• 2026.3.10
• 2026.3.11
• 2026.3.12
• 2026.3.13
• 2026.3.14
• 2026.3.15
• 2026.3.16
• 2026.3.17
• 2026.3.18
• 2026.3.19
• 2026.3.20
• 2026.3.21
• 2026.3.22
• 2026.3.23
• 2026.3.24
• 2026.3.25
• 2026.3.26
• 2026.3.27

Website

• Product: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/

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