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NVD HIGH: CVE-2026-33573 — OpenClaw before 2026.3.11 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the ...

Sunday, March 29, 2026 at 01:17 PM UTC·Source: NIST NVD

Updated: Friday, April 3, 2026 at 09:52 PM UTC

Executive Summary

OpenClaw before 2026.3.11 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the gateway agent RPC that allows authenticated operators with operator.write permission to override workspace boundaries by supplying attacker-controlled spawnedBy and workspaceDir values. Remote operators can escape the configured workspace boundary and execute arbitrary file and exec operations from any process-accessib

Analysis

OpenClaw before 2026.3.11 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the gateway agent RPC that allows authenticated operators with operator.write permission to override workspace boundaries by supplying attacker-controlled spawnedBy and workspaceDir values. Remote operators can escape the configured workspace boundary and execute arbitrary file and exec operations from any process-accessible directory. CVSS Score: 8.8. Published: 2026-03-29T13:17:02.980.

Indicators of Compromise (1)

CVE (1)
CVE-2026-33573
NVDMITRE CVE
Source Attribution

Originally published by NIST NVD on Mar 29, 2026. Verified by: NIST.

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