# CVE-2026-101879: OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1-3 Missing Authorization

> Attackers can silently capture screenshots, webcam images, and geolocation data via WebSocket commands without user consent.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 2 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3rjj-4r3c-qgf8, GHSA-fxch-cgcp-4v5h

## What is CVE-2026-101879?

CVE-2026-101879 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in OpenClaw Windows Node, published on 30 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1-3 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in NodeService capture handlers that allows connected gateways or agents to perform screen snapshots, camera snaps, and location captures without consent prompts. Attackers can invoke screen.snapshot, camera.snap, and location.get over the node WebSocket to silently capture screenshots, photograph users through webcams, and obtain device geolocation without user interaction.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-101879?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-101879?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-101879 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-101879 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-101879 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-101879 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-101879 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in OpenClaw Windows Node, published on 30 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-101879 exists.

Affected product: OpenClaw Windows Node. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-101879/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-101879/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-101879
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-101879
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-101879

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-101879/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.