PT-2026-28497 · Openclaw · Openclaw

Tdjackey · Published 2026-03-29 · Updated 2026-03-29 · CVE-2026-33573

Positive Technologies · (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.11

Description OpenClaw contains an authorization bypass issue in the gateway agent RPC. Authenticated operators possessing operator.write permission can override workspace boundaries by manipulating the spawnedBy and workspaceDir values. This allows remote operators to bypass configured workspace restrictions and execute arbitrary file and exec operations from any process-accessible directory. The issue affects the gateway agent RPC functionality.

Recommendations Update OpenClaw to version 2026.3.11 or later.

Fix

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-668

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-33573

Affected Products

Openclaw

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33573 · Security Note
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-2rqg-gjgv-84jm · Note
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/2038250837718216763 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/TheHackerWire/status/2038248464979800562 · Twitter Post
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-workspace-boundary-bypass-via-agent-rpc-parameters · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2038250143535751375 · Twitter Post