{"document":{"category":"csaf_vex","csaf_version":"2.0","title":"CVE-2026-53816: OpenClaw < 2026.5.18 - Exec Lifecycle Event Forgery via Paired Node","publisher":{"category":"vendor","name":"HarborGuard Database","namespace":"https://database.harborguard.co"},"tracking":{"id":"CVE-2026-53816","status":"final","version":"1","initial_release_date":"2026-06-11T20:09:15.669Z","current_release_date":"2026-06-13T03:55:40.830Z","revision_history":[{"date":"2026-06-11T20:09:15.669Z","number":"1","summary":"Initial machine-readable export from HarborGuard."}]},"distribution":{"tlp":{"label":"WHITE"},"text":"Public CVE data; freely redistributable."},"notes":[{"category":"description","text":"OpenClaw before 2026.5.18 contains an insufficient provenance validation vulnerability in node event handling that allows paired nodes to forge exec lifecycle events without system.run authorization. A malicious or compromised paired node can send crafted node.event messages to the gateway, steering target sessions into exec-event paths that expose capabilities the reduced node surface should not provide.","title":"CVE description"}],"references":[{"category":"self","summary":"CVE-2026-53816 on HarborGuard Database","url":"https://database.harborguard.co/cve/CVE-2026-53816"},{"category":"external","summary":"CVE Record","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53816"},{"category":"external","summary":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-3c6j-hq33-3jv4)","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-3c6j-hq33-3jv4"},{"category":"external","summary":"vulncheck.com","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-exec-lifecycle-event-forgery-via-paired-node"}]},"product_tree":{"branches":[{"category":"vendor","name":"OpenClaw","branches":[{"category":"product_name","name":"OpenClaw","branches":[{"category":"product_version_range","name":"<2026.5.18","product":{"name":"OpenClaw OpenClaw <2026.5.18","product_id":"CSAFPID-1","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}},{"category":"product_version","name":"2026.5.18","product":{"name":"OpenClaw OpenClaw 2026.5.18","product_id":"CSAFPID-2","product_identification_helper":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}}]}]}]},"vulnerabilities":[{"cve":"CVE-2026-53816","title":"OpenClaw < 2026.5.18 - Exec Lifecycle Event Forgery via Paired Node","notes":[{"category":"description","text":"OpenClaw before 2026.5.18 contains an insufficient provenance validation vulnerability in node event handling that allows paired nodes to forge exec lifecycle events without system.run authorization. A malicious or compromised paired node can send crafted node.event messages to the gateway, steering target sessions into exec-event paths that expose capabilities the reduced node surface should not provide.","title":"CVE description"}],"product_status":{"known_affected":["CSAFPID-1"],"fixed":["CSAFPID-2"]},"scores":[{"cvss_v4":{"version":"4.0","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","baseScore":8.6,"baseSeverity":"HIGH"},"products":["CSAFPID-1"]}],"remediations":[{"category":"vendor_fix","details":"Update to a fixed version: 2026.5.18.","product_ids":["CSAFPID-1"],"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-3c6j-hq33-3jv4"}]}]}