# CVE-2026-10216: unitedbyai droidclaw claim Endpoint pairing.ts excessive authentication

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-06-01 · Updated: 2026-06-01

## Affected

- unitedbyai droidclaw: 0.5.0, 0.5.1, 0.5.2, 0.5.3

## Description

A vulnerability was detected in unitedbyai droidclaw up to 0.5.3. The affected element is an unknown function of the file server/src/routes/pairing.ts of the component claim Endpoint. The manipulation results in improper restriction of excessive authentication attempts. The attack may be launched remotely. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitability is described as difficult. The exploit is now public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on unitedbyai droidclaw, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/vuln/367495
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/367495/cti
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-10216
- https://vuldb.com/submit/821936
- https://github.com/unitedbyai/droidclaw/issues/14
- https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/2639ccaefd55ef4309953b76bc4c737e/raw
- https://github.com/unitedbyai/droidclaw/

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