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CVE

GHSA-f275-5h5c-5wg5

Duplicate Advisory: OpenClaw: /pair approve command path omitted caller scope subsetting and reopened device pairing escalation
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CVE

GHSA-f275-5h5c-5wg5

Duplicate Advisory: OpenClaw: /pair approve command path omitted caller scope subsetting and reopened device pairing escalation

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-hc5h-pmr3-3497. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the /pair approve command path that fails to forward caller scopes into the core approval check. A caller with pairing privileges but without admin privileges can approve pending device requests asking for broader scopes including admin access by exploiting the missing scope validation in extensions/device-pair/index.ts and src/infra/device-pairing.ts.

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
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C
H
U
0
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
-

Related Resources

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References

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-hc5h-pmr3-3497, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33579, https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/e403decb6e20091b5402780a7ccd2085f98aa3cd, https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-missing-caller-scope-validation-in-device-pair-approval

Severity

9.8

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Ecosystem
Base CVSS
9.8
EPSS Probability
0%
EPSS Percentile
0%
Introduced Version
0
Fix Available
2026.3.28

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