CVE-2026-33573 OpenClaw < 2026.3.11 - Workspace Boundary Bypass via Agent RPC Parameters

What is CVE-2026-33573?

CVE-2026-33573 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw, published on 29 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-668

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-33573?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including openclaw. It affects 1 product.

Products include Openclaw Openclaw.

How do I fix CVE-2026-33573?

Upgrade openclaw to 2026.3.11 or later.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2026-33573 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-33573 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Openclaw Openclaw

• CVE-2026-28363 Security feature bypass in OpenClaw Critical 9.9
• CVE-2026-30741 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-33579 OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 - Privilege Escalation via Missing Caller Scope Validation in Device Pair Approval Critical 9.4
• CVE-2026-32922 OpenClaw < 2026.3.11 - Privilege Escalation via Unvalidated Scope in device.token.rotate Critical 9.4
• CVE-2026-32978 OpenClaw < 2026.3.11 - Approval Bypass via Unrecognized Script Runners Critical 9.4

All Openclaw Openclaw vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-2rqg-gjgv-84jm, GHSA-5w3r-prr4-7j25, MINI-2gg5-rpw6-pw94, MINI-xx29-vcr3-w9f8.