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.
CVE-2026-33573
Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-03-29. the CNA's CVSS baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(medium)
- EPSS
- 21.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
March 29, 2026
Last Modified
June 23, 2026
References (2)
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 22× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-06-27 03:19 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-06-27 03:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-06-27 03:17 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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