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Advisory details: gitlab / npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-33577
Advisory ID gitlab/npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-33577
Aliases CVE-2026-33577
GHSA-2x4x-cc5g-qmmg
Summary OpenClaw: node.pair.approve missing callerScopes validation allows low-privilege operator to approve malicious nodes The node pairing approval path did not consistently enforce that the approving caller already held every scope requested by the node.
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-863 Incorrect Authorization
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-2026-33577.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw
4d7cc6bb4fac68b5a5fadd1c5a23168281221f34 Other https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/4d7cc6bb4fac68b5a5fadd1c5a23168281221f34
CVE-2026-33577 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33577
GHSA-2x4x-cc5g-qmmg https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2x4x-cc5g-qmmg
GHSA-2x4x-cc5g-qmmg Advisory https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-2x4x-cc5g-qmmg
openclaw-insufficient-scope-validation-in-node-pair-approve Advisory https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-insufficient-scope-validation-in-node-pair-approve
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-33577.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-04-01T03:55:41Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/33xxx/CVE-2026-33577.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2026-33577

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