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.
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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. | |
| Title | OpenClaw < 2026.3.31 - Privilege Escalation to Remote Code Execution via Unrestricted node.event Agent Dispatch | |
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Openclaw openclaw |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-862 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | |
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Openclaw
Openclaw openclaw |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published: 2026-04-28T18:09:41.664Z
Updated: 2026-04-29T15:11:28.154Z
Reserved: 2026-04-20T14:10:32.653Z
Link: CVE-2026-41378
Updated: 2026-04-29T13:57:55.757Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-04-28T19:37:40.687
Modified: 2026-05-01T15:51:15.017
Link: CVE-2026-41378
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