Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-56402

nanocoai nanoclaw

NanoClaw < 2.1.17 - Privilege Escalation via Unverified Approval Response Handler

CVSS 4.0
7.1High

Official description

NanoClaw before 2.1.17 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the handleApprovalsResponse function that fails to verify responder role authorization. Attackers with a valid questionId can approve or reject privileged actions like package installation by submitting approval response payloads without proper role validation.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.1High 4.0 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck) CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
6.5Medium 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
nanocoai nanoclaw v < 2.1.17 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

3
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Details

Published
2026-06-23
Last updated
2026-09-17
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
VulnCheck

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.37%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
31.7%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
Proof of concept
Technical impact
Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-862
    Missing Authorization