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Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability allowing paired nodes with role=node to dispatch node.event agent requests with unrestricted gateway-side tool access. Attackers with trusted paired node credentials can escalate privileges by leveraging unrestricted agent.request dispatch to achieve remote code execution on the gateway.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-20 | Published 2026-04-28 | Updated 2026-04-29 | Assigner VulnCheck




HIGH: 7.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

HIGH: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version before 2026.3.31
affected

2026.3.31 (semver)
unaffected

Credits

AntAISecurityLab reporter

References

github.com/...enclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-gjm7-hw8f-73rq (GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-gjm7-hw8f-73rq)) vendor-advisory

github.com/...ommit/a77928b1087e90f2a8903f8e5aca6dec9237ac62 (Patch Commit) patch

www.vulncheck.com/...-unrestricted-node-event-agent-dispatch (VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.31 - Privilege Escalation to Remote Code Execution via Unrestricted node.event Agent Dispatch) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2026-41378)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-41378)

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