Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-33579

Title: Privilege escalation in OpenClaw /pair approve command

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-33579.

CWE Category CWE-863

Published Date Mar 31, 2026

Modified Date Apr 06, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.4 CVSS v4.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.62%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-33579: 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.

Impacted Vendors

openclaw 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/e403decb6e20091b5402780a7ccd2085f98aa3cd https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-hc5h-pmr3-3497 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-missing-caller-scope-validation-in-device-pair-approval

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