CVE-2026-33579

OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 - Privilege Escalation via Missing Caller Scope Validation in Device Pair Approval

State: Published
Severity: 9.4 Critical
Published: Mar 31, 2026
Updated: Sep 24, 2026
Reserved: Mar 23, 2026

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	9.4 Critical	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	VulnCheck
3.1	9.9 Critical	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
OpenClawOpenClaw	before 2026.3.28Affected 2026.3.28Not affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-hc5h-pmr3-3497)vendor-advisory
Patch Commitpatch
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 - Privilege Escalation via Missing Caller Scope Validation in Device Pair Approvalthird-party-advisory

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