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Advisory details: gitlab / npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-33574
Advisory ID gitlab/npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-33574
Aliases CVE-2026-33574
GHSA-vhwf-4x96-vqx2
Summary OpenClaw's skills-install-download can be redirected outside the tools root by rebinding the validated base path OpenClaw's skills download installer validated the intended per-skill tools root lexically, but later reused that mutable path while downloading and copying the archive into place. If a local attacker could rebind that tools-root path between validation and the final write, the installer could be redirected to write outside the intended tools directory. The fix pins the canonical per-skill tools root immediately after validation and derives later download/copy paths from that canonical root, so rebinding the lexical path fails closed instead of redirecting the write.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-33574.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw
9abf014f3502009faf9c73df5ca2cff719e54639 Other https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/9abf014f3502009faf9c73df5ca2cff719e54639
CVE-2026-33574 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33574
GHSA-vhwf-4x96-vqx2 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vhwf-4x96-vqx2
GHSA-vhwf-4x96-vqx2 Advisory https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-vhwf-4x96-vqx2
openclaw-path-traversal-via-tools-root-rebinding-in-skills-download Advisory https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-path-traversal-via-tools-root-rebinding-in-skills-download
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-33574.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-03-30T14:28:38Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/33xxx/CVE-2026-33574.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2026-33574

View SSVC decision tree 
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 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]