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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.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2026-53817 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53817

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2026-53817 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53817

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

Supplemental references

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.