PT-2026-35763 · Openclaw · Openclaw

Antaisecuritylab · Published 2026-04-28 · Updated 2026-04-28 · CVE-2026-41378

NVD

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

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

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.

Fix

LPE

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-41378

Affected Products

Openclaw

References · 5

• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/a77928b1087e90f2a8903f8e5aca6dec9237ac62 · Patch
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-gjm7-hw8f-73rq · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41378 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2049227542444286310 · Twitter Post
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-to-remote-code-execution-via-unrestricted-node-event-agent-dispatch · Note