What is GHSA-hc4w-hm59-9w88?

GHSA-hc4w-hm59-9w88 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Low severity. Duplicate Advisory: Empty-scope device re-pairing could confuse caller scope containment

Why does GHSA-hc4w-hm59-9w88 have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-hc4w-hm59-9w88?

GHSA-hc4w-hm59-9w88 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.4, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-hc4w-hm59-9w88?

GHSA-hc4w-hm59-9w88 affects 1 product, including: npm/openclaw:\u003c= 2026.4.24.

⚠ Withdrawn by GitHub Security Advisories

Withdrawn: June 18, 2026

GHSA-hc4w-hm59-9w88LowCVSS 5.4Disclosed before NVD

Duplicate Advisory: Empty-scope device re-pairing could confuse caller scope containment

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

June 16, 2026

Last Modified

June 18, 2026

📋 Description

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-8mg9-j9cf-54cj. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.25 contains a scope containment bypass vulnerability in device re-pairing that allows authenticated operators to restore broader scopes than intended by submitting empty-scope re-pairing requests. Attackers can exploit this by sending re-pairing requests with empty scope sets to skip containment guards and retain unauthorized device access.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/openclaw:<= 2026.4.24

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-8mg9-j9cf-54cj
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53852
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-scope-bypass-via-empty-scope-device-re-pairing
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hc4w-hm59-9w88