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.
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"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/41xxx/CVE-2026-41378.json",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"cna_assigner": "VulnCheck"
}{
"source": [
"CPE_RANGE",
"REFERENCES"
],
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2026.3.31"
}
]
}