CVE-2026-33579Critical· 9.9▾ AbyssalPoC availableOpenClaw 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…
▾ Abyssal zone — Critical with a public exploit or in-the-wild use
impact 54.5 · likelihood 0.2 · exploitation 12
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
Public exploit / PoC code seen in 1 source. Availability, not in-the-wild use.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Jul 24.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
0.6%
0.6% → 0.8%
1 GitHub repo
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.
openclaw < 2026.3.28Upgrade past the affected range:
openclaw 2026.3.28Field changes observed since this record was first indexed.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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