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CVE-2026-53817 OpenClaw CVE debrief

CVE-2026-53817 is a HIGH severity vulnerability in OpenClaw before 2026.5.22. The vulnerability is caused by insufficient locality-derived trust validation in Control UI pairing, allowing attackers with network access to spoof locality information and obtain durable admin-capable device tokens. This can be exploited to convert temporary shared access into persistent administrative credentials that survive token rotation.

Vendor
OpenClaw
Product
Unknown
CVSS
HIGH 8.7
CISA KEV
Not listed in stored evidence
Original CVE published
2026-06-11
Original CVE updated
2026-06-12
Advisory published
2026-06-11
Advisory updated
2026-06-12

Who should care

Users of OpenClaw before version 2026.5.22 should apply the patch to prevent exploitation of this vulnerability.

Technical summary

The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 8.7 and is classified as HIGH severity. The CVSS vector is CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/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.

Defensive priority

HIGH

Recommended defensive actions

  • Apply the patch to upgrade OpenClaw to version 2026.5.22 or later.
  • Refer to resourceLinkAnnotations 'ref-4' and 'ref-5' for additional mitigation and vendor references.

Evidence notes

The vulnerability was published on 2026-06-11T21:16:23.960Z and modified on 2026-06-12T20:08:17.237Z.

Official resources

CVE-2026-53817 was disclosed by OpenClaw and details can be found in the CVE record and NVD detail pages.