CVE-2026-53816 OpenClaw < 2026.5.18 - Exec Lifecycle Event Forgery via Paired Node

What is CVE-2026-53816?

CVE-2026-53816 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw, published on 11 Jun 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenClaw before 2026.5.18 contains an insufficient provenance validation vulnerability in node event handling that allows paired nodes to forge exec lifecycle events without system.run authorization. A malicious or compromised paired node can send crafted node.event messages to the gateway, steering target sessions into exec-event paths that expose capabilities the reduced node surface should not provide.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-53816?

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

Products include Openclaw Openclaw.

How do I fix CVE-2026-53816?

Upgrade openclaw to 2026.5.18 or later.

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

Is CVE-2026-53816 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-53816 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

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• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-3c6j-hq33-3jv4, MINI-9f6w-xjcw-5wmv.