Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-28466

RCE

Title: Authenticated Command Execution Bypass

RCE

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2026-28466

CWE Category CWE-863

Published Date Mar 05, 2026

Modified Date Mar 09, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 9.4 CVSS v4.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.42%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-28466: OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain a vulnerability in the gateway in which it fails to sanitize internal approval fields in node.invoke parameters, allowing authenticated clients to bypass exec approval gating for system.run commands. Attackers with valid gateway credentials can inject approval control fields to execute arbitrary commands on connected node hosts, potentially compromising developer workstations and CI runners.

Impacted Vendors

openclaw 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/0af76f5f0e93540efbdf054895216c398692afcd https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/318379cdb8d045da0009b0051bd0e712e5c65e2d https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/a7af646fdab124a7536998db6bd6ad567d2b06b0 https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/c1594627421f95b6bc4ad7c606657dc75b5ad0ce https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-gv46-4xfq-jv58 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-remote-code-execution-via-node-invoke-approval-bypass

CVSS v4.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

N/A

RAW VECTOR

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CVSS v3.1