CVE-2026-33575

OpenClaw < 2026.3.12 - Long-lived Credential Exposure in Pairing Setup Codes

State: Published
Severity: 8.6 High
Published: Mar 29, 2026
Updated: Jun 23, 2026
Reserved: Mar 23, 2026

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.12 embeds long-lived shared gateway credentials directly in pairing setup codes generated by /pair endpoint and OpenClaw qr command. Attackers with access to leaked setup codes from chat history, logs, or screenshots can recover and reuse the shared gateway credential outside the intended one-time pairing flow.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	8.6 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	7.5 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Affected Products

Product	Versions
OpenClawOpenClaw	before 2026.3.12Affected 2026.3.12Not affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-7h7g-x2px-94hj)vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.12 - Long-lived Credential Exposure in Pairing Setup Codesthird-party-advisory

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