What is CVE-2026-33573?

CVE-2026-33573 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-03-29.

How severe is CVE-2026-33573?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Openclaw

CVE-2026-33573

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.

EPSS: 0.003 (22.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Openclaw — versions 0, 2026.3.11

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-33573?: CVE-2026-33573 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-03-29.
How severe is CVE-2026-33573?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.