CVE-2026-33579

critical · 9.4

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.

9.4

CVSS

0.8%

EPSS (exploit prob.)

56th

EPSS percentile

2026-03-31

Published

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

Weaknesses

CWE-863

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
openclaw	openclaw	< 2026.3.28

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References

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

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-33579