AI Threat Alert
CVE-2026-101879
MEDIUMOpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1-3 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in NodeService capture handlers that allows connected gateways or agents to perform screen snapshots, camera snaps, and location captures without consent prompts. Attackers can invoke screen.snapshot,...
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How severe is it?
What is the attack surface?
What should I do?
No patch available
Monitor for updates. Consider compensating controls or temporary mitigations.
Which compliance frameworks are affected?
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2026-101879?
OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1-3 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in NodeService capture handlers that allows connected gateways or agents to perform screen snapshots, camera snaps, and location captures without consent prompts. Attackers can invoke screen.snapshot, camera.snap, and location.get over the node WebSocket to silently capture screenshots, photograph users through webcams, and obtain device geolocation without user interaction.
Is CVE-2026-101879 actively exploited?
No confirmed active exploitation of CVE-2026-101879 has been reported, but organizations should still patch proactively.
How to fix CVE-2026-101879?
No patch is currently available. Monitor vendor advisories for updates.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-101879?
CVE-2026-101879 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).
What are the technical details?
Original Advisory
OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1-3 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in NodeService capture handlers that allows connected gateways or agents to perform screen snapshots, camera snaps, and location captures without consent prompts. Attackers can invoke screen.snapshot, camera.snap, and location.get over the node WebSocket to silently capture screenshots, photograph users through webcams, and obtain device geolocation without user interaction.
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization: The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
- [Architecture and Design] Divide the product into anonymous, normal, privileged, and administrative areas. Reduce the attack surface by carefully mapping roles with data and functionality. Use role-based access control (RBAC) [REF-229] to enforce the roles at the appropriate boundaries. Note that this approach may not protect against horizontal authorization, i.e., it will not protect a user from attacking others with the same role.
- [Architecture and Design] Ensure that access control checks are performed related to the business logic. These checks may be different than the access control checks that are applied to more generic resources such as files, connections, processes, memory, and database records. For example, a database may restrict access for medical records to a specific database user, but each record might only be intended to be accessible to the patient and the patient's doctor [REF-7].
Source: MITRE CWE corpus.
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N References
- github.com/openclaw/openclaw-windows-node/blob/v2026.7.1-2/src/OpenClaw.Tray.WinUI/Services/NodeService.cs
- github.com/openclaw/openclaw-windows-node/commit/16cb6897941fa7832ce2811e9d550caed9a49b4b
- github.com/openclaw/openclaw-windows-node/commit/31a8c6557df740232898079b21f0eb677a4119cf
- github.com/openclaw/openclaw-windows-node/releases/tag/v2026.7.1-3
- github.com/openclaw/openclaw-windows-node/security/advisories/GHSA-fxch-cgcp-4v5h
- vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-windows-node-before-2026.7.1-3-missing-authorization