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CVE-2026-33579

CRITICAL
9.9
CVSS 3.1
Description
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.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-33579
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Reserved
2026-03-23 11:00 UTC
Published
2026-03-31 14:10 UTC
Last updated
2026-06-23 16:15 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-863
CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization
Vendor / Product
OpenClaw / OpenClaw
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.9 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC — CISA Coordinator
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Tech. Impact
total
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
OpenClaw OpenClaw — 0 < 2026.3.28, 2026.3.28
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-863 cna CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization
CVSS scores (2)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
9.9 CRITICAL 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.4 CRITICAL 4.0 cna CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
References (3)
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