highCVSS 8.8Vulnerability

GHSA-r3v5-2grc-429h

### Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-hf68-49fm-59cq. This link is maintained to preserve external references. ### Original Description OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the device.pair.approve method that allows an operator.pairing approver to approve pending device requests with broader operator scopes than the approver actually holds. Attackers can exploit insufficient scope validation to escalate privileges to operator.admin and achieve remote code execution on the Node infrastructure.

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-r3v5-2grc-429h
summary
Duplicate Advisory: OpenClaw Gateway: RCE and Privilege Escalation from operator.pairing to operator.admin via device.pair.approve
severity
high
cvss_score
8.8
cve_id
GHSA-r3v5-2grc-429h
cvss_vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-04-10T00:30:30Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r3v5-2grc-429h
ghsa_updated
2026-04-10T20:20:08Z

Related Entities (4)

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]npm/OpenClaw

VULNERABLE_TO (1)

[Software]npm/OpenClaw

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs

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