CVE-2026-41378

OpenClaw < 2026.3.31 - Privilege Escalation to Remote Code Execution via Unrestricted node.event Agent Dispatch

State: Published
Severity: 7.7 High
Published: Apr 28, 2026
Updated: Apr 29, 2026
Reserved: Apr 20, 2026

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability allowing paired nodes with role=node to dispatch node.event agent requests with unrestricted gateway-side tool access. Attackers with trusted paired node credentials can escalate privileges by leveraging unrestricted agent.request dispatch to achieve remote code execution on the gateway.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	7.7 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	8.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
OpenClawOpenClaw	before 2026.3.31Affected 2026.3.31Not affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-gjm7-hw8f-73rq)vendor-advisory
Patch Commitpatch
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.31 - Privilege Escalation to Remote Code Execution via Unrestricted node.event Agent Dispatchthird-party-advisory

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