CVE-2026-41378HIGH 8.8EPSS p35.3%

CVE-2026-41378CVE-2026-41378

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.

Scoring

CVSS 3.18.8 (HIGH)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.44% probability of exploitation · percentile 35.3% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2026-04-28
Last modified2026-05-01

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-862

References

  1. https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/a77928b1087e90f2a8903f8e5aca6dec9237ac62
  2. https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-gjm7-hw8f-73rq
  3. https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-to-remote-code-execution-via-unrestricted-node-event-agent-dispatch

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TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessMissing Authorizationcwe-8620%live

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