Is this vulnerability remotely exploitable?

It can be, depending on how OpenClaw is exposed. If users can request approvals or trigger system.run executions remotely and also influence or write to the underlying script files, they can abuse the approval workflow over the network.

What level of access does an attacker need?

The attacker needs the ability to: 1) Obtain approval for a system.run command using a script path, and 2) Modify that script (or its dependencies) on disk after approval but before or between executions. This could be a malicious user within the system, a compromised account, or a process with write permissions to the script location.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

The safest pattern is to bind approvals to immutable artifacts: - Approve and execute only content-addressed or versioned artifacts whose contents cannot change without generating a new identifier. - Re-evaluate and require fresh approval whenever an artifact's content or version changes, instead of treating the path alone as the approved object.

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.0)

Missing Authorization Binding (CWE-863) in OpenClaw system.run Approval Workflow

CVE-2026-32978

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

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CWE-77;CWE-78

HIGH RISK

HIGH

(7.3)

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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 Unauthorized Code Execution

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.0)

CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Broken / Missing Authorization

CWE:

CWE-863

Impact:

Privilege Escalation and Unauthorized Code Execution

Severity:

HIGH RISK

(8.0)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Missing Authorization Binding (CWE-863) in OpenClaw system.run Approval Workflow

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

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