What is CVE-2026-33574?

CVE-2026-33574 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-03-29.

How severe is CVE-2026-33574?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Openclaw

CVE-2026-33574

OpenClaw before 2026.3.8 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the skills download installer that validates the tools root lexically but reuses the mutable path during archive download and copy operations. A local attacker can rebind…

Vulnerability class: TOCTOU (Time-of-Check to Time-of-Use)

EPSS: 0.000 (2.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Openclaw — versions 0, 2026.3.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-367 — Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-vhwf-4x96-vqx2) (third-party-advisory)
Patch Commit (patch)
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.8 - Path Traversal via Tools Root Rebinding in Skills Download (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-33574?: CVE-2026-33574 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2026-03-29.
How severe is CVE-2026-33574?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.