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CVE-2026-33574

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2026-33574 describes a path traversal vulnerability in OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.8, specifically within its skills download installer. This allows a local attacker to redirect the installer's final write operations outside the intended tools directory by rebinding the tools-root path, leading to a high confidentiality impact. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 6.2 (AV:L/AC:L), it requires local access but no user interaction, and currently shows no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0, < 2026.3.8CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
< 2026.3.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

5.8MEDIUM

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
VS Confidentiality
NONE
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
0.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0009 is in the 1st percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: openclawFixed in: 2026.3.8

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-vhwf-4x96-vqx2medium

OpenClaw's skills-install-download can be redirected outside the tools root by rebinding the validated base path

Mar 12, 2026

References

github.com / openclaw/openclaw/commit/9abf014f3502009faf9c73df5ca2cff719e54639
Patch
github.com / openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-vhwf-4x96-vqx2
Vendor Advisory
vulncheck.com / advisories/openclaw-path-traversal-via-tools-root-rebinding-in-skills-download
Third Party Advisory