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Medium · 5.5 CVE-2026-56693 EUVD-2026-38465GHSA-7pvg-qfjr-jg4r

NanoClaw < 2.1.17 - Privilege Escalation via Unauthorized create_agent System Action

Published Jun 23, 2026 · Updated Sep 17, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

NanoClaw before 2.1.17 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the create_agent delivery-action handler that performs privileged central-database writes without host-side authorization checks. Confined agent containers can invoke create_agent to create arbitrary agent groups, container configurations, and destinations, escalating beyond their intended confinement boundary.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
nanocoai nanoclaw < 2.1.17 2.1.17

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