Description
OpenClaw before 2026.3.11 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the gateway agent RPC that allows authenticated operators with operator.write permission to override workspace boundaries by supplying attacker-controlled spawnedBy and workspaceDir values. Remote operators can escape the configured workspace boundary and execute arbitrary file and exec operations from any process-accessible directory.
Published: 2026-03-29
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Description OpenClaw before 2026.3.11 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the gateway agent RPC that allows authenticated operators with operator.write permission to override workspace boundaries by supplying attacker-controlled spawnedBy and workspaceDir values. Remote operators can escape the configured workspace boundary and execute arbitrary file and exec operations from any process-accessible directory.
Title OpenClaw < 2026.3.11 - Workspace Boundary Bypass via Agent RPC Parameters
First Time appeared Openclaw
Openclaw openclaw
Weaknesses CWE-668
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Openclaw
Openclaw openclaw
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Openclaw Openclaw
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-29T12:44:31.060Z

Reserved: 2026-03-23T11:00:48.408Z

Link: CVE-2026-33573

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-29T13:17:02.980

Modified: 2026-03-29T13:17:02.980

Link: CVE-2026-33573

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