CVE-2026-53808 OpenClaw < 2026.5.6 - Approval Policy Bypass in Skill Workshop Apply Flow

What is CVE-2026-53808?

CVE-2026-53808 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw, published on 11 Jun 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

OpenClaw before 2026.5.6 contains an approval policy bypass vulnerability in the Skill Workshop apply flow that allows agent tool calls to set apply: true despite approvalPolicy: pending configuration. Attackers can exploit this by reaching the affected apply path to apply workshop changes before the expected approval step, potentially modifying configurations without proper authorization.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-53808?

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

Products include Openclaw Openclaw.

How do I fix CVE-2026-53808?

Upgrade openclaw to 2026.5.6 or later.

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

Is CVE-2026-53808 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-53808 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
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• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-cqwv-9qjx-vxw2, GHSA-hg6q-r8c9-2xj5, MINI-hjmq-3fqv-8x2j, MINI-r887-4mmp-w566.