Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

It depends on how OpenClaw is exposed. The flaw is in the internal authorization between subagents and the control surface; exploitation typically requires the ability to run or influence a low-privilege leaf worker that can send control requests.

What level of access does an attacker need to exploit this?

An attacker generally needs low-privilege access as a sandboxed leaf subagent or the ability to cause such a subagent to issue crafted control requests. They do not need direct administrative access to the orchestration layer to abuse this specific flaw.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

The most robust fix is to enforce strict, scope-aware authorization on all subagent control operations so that a subagent can only affect its own session tree and explicitly permitted resources, never resolving through a parent or global scope by default.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.8)

Missing Authorization Checks (CWE-863) in OpenClaw Subagent Sandbox Boundary

CVE-2026-32915

Published:

Mar 29, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

Recent Vulnerabilities

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

Remote Code Execution on the Router

April 6, 2026

CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Remote Code Execution on Router Firmware

April 6, 2026

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Broken / Missing Authorization

CWE:

CWE-863

Impact:

Privilege Escalation and Cross-Session Interference

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Broken / Missing Authorization

CWE:

CWE-863

Impact:

Privilege Escalation and Cross-Session Interference

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.8)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Catch This CVE While Code Is Being Written

Detect vulnerable code directly in pull requests, so CVEs are fixed before merge.

Get Started

Ship clean & secure code faster

START 14 DAYS FREE TRIAL

BOOK A DEMO

Made with Love in San Francisco

355 Bryant St. San Francisco, CA 94107, USA

Ask AI for summary of CodeAnt

Made with Love in San Francisco

355 Bryant St. San Francisco, CA 94107, USA

Ask AI for summary of CodeAnt

Made with Love in San Francisco

355 Bryant St. San Francisco, CA 94107, USA

Ask AI for summary of CodeAnt

Missing Authorization Checks (CWE-863) in OpenClaw Subagent Sandbox Boundary

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setGameSpeedCfg CGI Handler

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

OS Command Injection (CWE-78) in Totolink A7100RU setFirewallType Handler

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Vulnerability Type

Catch This CVE While Code Is Being Written

Ship clean & secure code faster

Product

Pricing

Company

Legal

Developers

Compare

Product

Pricing

Company

Legal

Developers

Compare

Product

Pricing

Company

Legal

Developers

Compare