CVE-2026-100529

OpenClaw before 2026.8.1 Authorization Scope Widening via File-Transfer

7.4 High

OpenClaw versions before 2026.8.1 contain an authorization scope widening vulnerability in file-transfer allow-always approvals that allows attackers to reuse standing grants for unreviewed paths. Attackers can exploit glob metacharacter interpretation and node display name reuse to access sibling paths or different nodes beyond the operator's original approval scope.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: High
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: Passive

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.21%Unchanged since Sep 26, 2026

What each source reports

CVE List Score used7.4

OpenClaw before 2026.8.1 Authorization Scope Widening via File-Transfer

Record: CVE-2026-100529
CVSS 4.0: 7.4 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-863
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2026-875217.4

Record: EUVD-2026-87521
CVSS 4.0: 7.4 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-4gx2-8r4q-vj5x7.4

OpenClaw versions before 2026.8.1 contain an authorization scope widening vulnerability in file...

Record: GHSA-4gx2-8r4q-vj5x
CVSS 4.0: 7.4 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/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
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-863
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD7.4

Record: CVE-2026-100529
CVSS 4.0: 7.4 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/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
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-863
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV7.4

OpenClaw before 2026.8.1 Authorization Scope Widening via File-Transfer

Record: CVE-2026-100529
CVSS 4.0: 7.4 HighCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness: CWE-863
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

openclaw

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-100529 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.4) in Openclaw, published September 26, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.21%, the 10th percentile. No source names a fixed version.