CVE-2026-41378

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.8 High

Status

Analyzed - disclosure@vulncheck.com

Published

2026-04-28

Last modified

2026-04-29

Weaknesses

CWE-862

Affected products

• Openclaw (Openclaw)

References

• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/a77928b1087e90f2a8903f8e5aca6dec9237ac62
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-gjm7-hw8f-73rq
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-to-remote-code-execution-via-unrestricted-node-event…