{"id":"GHSA-rv2q-f2h5-6xmg","summary":"OpenClaw's Node role device-identity bypass allows unauthorized node.event injection","details":"### Summary\nA client authenticated with a shared gateway token could connect as `role=node` without device identity/pairing, then call `node.event` to trigger `agent.request` and `voice.transcript` flows.\n\n### Affected Packages / Versions\n- Package: npm `openclaw`\n- Affected versions: `\u003c= 2026.2.21-2`\n- Patched version: `2026.2.22` (planned next release)\n\n### Details\nThe WebSocket connect path allowed device-less bypass whenever shared auth succeeded. That bypass did not restrict role, so a client could claim `role=node` with no device identity and still pass handshake auth. Because `node.event` is node-role allowed, this enabled unauthorized node event injection into agent-trigger flows.\n\n### Impact\nUnauthorized `node.event` injection can trigger agent execution and voice transcript flows for clients that only hold the shared gateway token, without node device pairing.\n\n### Remediation\nUpgrade to `2026.2.22` (or newer) once published. The fix requires device identity for `role=node` connects, even when shared-token auth succeeds.\n\n### Fix Commit(s)\n- ddcb2d79b17bf2a42c5037d8aeff1537a12b931e\n\n### Release Process Note\n`patched_versions` is pre-set to the planned next release so once npm release `2026.2.22` is out, advisory publish is a single step.\n\nOpenClaw thanks @tdjackey for reporting.","aliases":["CVE-2026-32001"],"modified":"2026-03-20T21:17:40.059969Z","published":"2026-03-03T23:32:12Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2026-03-03T23:32:12Z","nvd_published_at":"2026-03-19T22:16:32Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-863"],"severity":"MODERATE"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-rv2q-f2h5-6xmg"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32001"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/ddcb2d79b17bf2a42c5037d8aeff1537a12b931e"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-node-role-device-identity-bypass-via-websocket-authentication"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openclaw","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/openclaw"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.2.22"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-rv2q-f2h5-6xmg/GHSA-rv2q-f2h5-6xmg.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/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"}]}