A weakness has been identified in unitedbyai droidclaw up to 0.5.3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file server/src/routes/goals.ts of the component Unsigned Scheduled Callback. This manipulation causes authorization bypass. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The attack is considered to have high complexity. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
CVE-2026-17531
MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.05.0—Trending — 4 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence
Score 5.0 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-07-27. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.0; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, secondary
5.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: —CVSS: 5.0Exploit: None knownExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.0
- EG Score
- 5.0(high)
- EG Risk
- 27(Track)EG Risk 27/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity50% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
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- EPSS %ILE
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- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 27, 2026
Last Modified
July 27, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jul 27, 2026No patch confirmed yet.
generic
GitHub - unitedbyai/droidclaw: turn old phones into ai agents - give it a goal in plain english. it reads the screen, thinks about what to do, taps and types via adb, and repeats until the job is done. · GitHub
https://github.com/unitedbyai/droidclaw/generic
[Security] Unsigned scheduled callback can rebind a stored DroidClaw session onto another user's online device · Issue #18 · unitedbyai/droidclaw · GitHub
https://github.com/unitedbyai/droidclaw/issues/18Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-17531(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 6× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-27 20:39 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-27 20:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-27 17:19 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-27 17:18 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 1.3
- 2026-07-27 17:00 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-27 17:00 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
Frequently asked(4)
What is CVE-2026-17531?
CVE-2026-17531 is a medium vulnerability published on July 27, 2026. A weakness has been identified in unitedbyai droidclaw up to 0.5.3. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file server/src/routes/goals.ts of the component Unsigned Scheduled Callback. This manipulation causes authorization bypass. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible.…
When was CVE-2026-17531 disclosed?
CVE-2026-17531 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 27, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-17531?
CVE-2026-17531 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-17531?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-17531, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.
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