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Advisory details: gitlab / npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-33579
Advisory ID gitlab/npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-33579
Aliases CVE-2026-33579
GHSA-hc5h-pmr3-3497
Summary OpenClaw: /pair approve command path omitted caller scope subsetting and reopened device pairing escalation The `/pair approve` command path called device approval without forwarding caller scopes into the core approval check.
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-2026-33579.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/4ee4960de2330b5322127f925f3687dc6f105be1
CVE-2026-33579 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33579
GHSA-hc5h-pmr3-3497 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hc5h-pmr3-3497
GHSA-hc5h-pmr3-3497 Advisory https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-hc5h-pmr3-3497
openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-missing-caller-scope-validation-in-device-pair-approval Advisory https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-missing-caller-scope-validation-in-device-pair-approval
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:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-33579.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

adjacent_network

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none

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unchanged

changed

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none

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none

Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-04-01T03:55:39Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/33xxx/CVE-2026-33579.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2026-33579

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'}]