CVE-2026-33573 PUBLISHED

OpenClaw < 2026.3.11 - Workspace Boundary Bypass via Agent RPC Parameters

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 23.03.2026 Published: 29.03.2026 Updated: 29.03.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 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
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor OpenClaw
Product OpenClaw
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2026.3.11 (excl.)
  • Version 2026.3.11 is unaffected

Credits

  • tdjackey reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere CWE