CVE-2026-53808

medium

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.5.6 contains an approval policy bypass vulnerability in the Skill Workshop apply flow that allows agent tool calls to set apply: true despite approvalPolicy: pending configuration. Attackers can exploit this by reaching the affected apply path to apply workshop changes before the expected approval step, potentially modifying configurations without proper authorization.

References

Advisories

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-approval-policy-bypass-in-skill-workshop-apply-flow

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-cqwv-9qjx-vxw2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-06-11

Updated: 2026-06-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00028