diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7bc48b65841..85d61df698d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Docs: https://docs.openclaw.ai
 
 ### Security
 - Security/exec approvals: escape invisible Unicode format characters in approval prompts so zero-width command text renders as visible `\u{...}` escapes instead of spoofing the reviewed command. (#43687) Thanks @EkiXu and @vincentkoc.
+- Security/device pairing: cap issued and verified device-token scopes to each paired device's approved scope baseline so stale or overbroad tokens cannot exceed approved access. (#43686) Thanks @tdjackey and @vincentkoc.
 
 ### Changes
 
diff --git a/src/infra/device-pairing.test.ts b/src/infra/device-pairing.test.ts
index c76b44b323d..915e06bb9c6 100644
--- a/src/infra/device-pairing.test.ts
+++ b/src/infra/device-pairing.test.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
-import { mkdtemp } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { mkdtemp, readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
 import { join } from "node:path";
 import { describe, expect, test } from "vitest";
 import {
   approveDevicePairing,
   clearDevicePairing,
+  ensureDeviceToken,
   getPairedDevice,
   removePairedDevice,
   requestDevicePairing,
   rotateDeviceToken,
   verifyDeviceToken,
+  type PairedDevice,
 } from "./device-pairing.js";
+import { resolvePairingPaths } from "./pairing-files.js";
 
 async function setupPairedOperatorDevice(baseDir: string, scopes: string[]) {
   const request = await requestDevicePairing(
@@ -51,6 +54,21 @@ function requireToken(token: string | undefined): string {
   return token;
 }
 
+async function overwritePairedOperatorTokenScopes(baseDir: string, scopes: string[]) {
+  const { pairedPath } = resolvePairingPaths(baseDir, "devices");
+  const pairedByDeviceId = JSON.parse(await readFile(pairedPath, "utf8")) as Record<
+    string,
+    PairedDevice
+  >;
+  const device = pairedByDeviceId["device-1"];
+  expect(device?.tokens?.operator).toBeDefined();
+  if (!device?.tokens?.operator) {
+    throw new Error("expected paired operator token");
+  }
+  device.tokens.operator.scopes = scopes;
+  await writeFile(pairedPath, JSON.stringify(pairedByDeviceId, null, 2));
+}
+
 describe("device pairing tokens", () => {
   test("reuses existing pending requests for the same device", async () => {
     const baseDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-device-pairing-"));
@@ -180,6 +198,26 @@ describe("device pairing tokens", () => {
     expect(after?.approvedScopes).toEqual(["operator.read"]);
   });
 
+  test("rejects scope escalation when ensuring a token and leaves state unchanged", async () => {
+    const baseDir = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-device-pairing-"));
+    await setupPairedOperatorDevice(baseDir, ["operator.read"]);
+    const before = await getPairedDevice("device-1", baseDir);
+
+    const ensured = await ensureDeviceToken({
+      deviceId: "device-1",
+      role: "operator",
+      scopes: ["operator.admin"],
+      baseDir,
+    });
+    expect(ensured).toBeNull();
+
+    const after = await getPairedDevice("device-1", baseDir);
+    expect(after?.tokens?.operator?.token).toEqual(before?.tokens?.operator?.token);
+    expect(after?.tokens?.operator?.scopes).toEqual(["operator.read"]);
+    expect(after?.scopes).toEqual(["operator.read"]);
+    expect(after?.approvedScopes).toEqual(["operator.read"]);
+  });
+
   test("verifies token and rejects mismatches", async () => {
     const { baseDir, token } = await setupOperatorToken(["operator.read"]);
 
@@ -199,6 +237,19 @@ describe("device pairing tokens", () => {
     expect(mismatch.reason).toBe("token-mismatch");
   });
 
+  test("rejects persisted tokens whose scopes exceed the approved scope baseline", async () => {
+    const { baseDir, token } = await setupOperatorToken(["operator.read"]);
+    await overwritePairedOperatorTokenScopes(baseDir, ["operator.admin"]);
+
+    await expect(
+      verifyOperatorToken({
+        baseDir,
+        token,
+        scopes: ["operator.admin"],
+      }),
+    ).resolves.toEqual({ ok: false, reason: "scope-mismatch" });
+  });
+
   test("accepts operator.read/operator.write requests with an operator.admin token scope", async () => {
     const { baseDir, token } = await setupOperatorToken(["operator.admin"]);
 
diff --git a/src/infra/device-pairing.ts b/src/infra/device-pairing.ts
index 591a9d70888..9d994a308f2 100644
--- a/src/infra/device-pairing.ts
+++ b/src/infra/device-pairing.ts
@@ -494,6 +494,12 @@ export async function verifyDeviceToken(params: {
     if (!verifyPairingToken(params.token, entry.token)) {
       return { ok: false, reason: "token-mismatch" };
     }
+    const approvedScopes = normalizeDeviceAuthScopes(
+      device.approvedScopes ?? device.scopes ?? entry.scopes,
+    );
+    if (!scopesAllowWithImplications(entry.scopes, approvedScopes)) {
+      return { ok: false, reason: "scope-mismatch" };
+    }
     const requestedScopes = normalizeDeviceAuthScopes(params.scopes);
     if (!roleScopesAllow({ role, requestedScopes, allowedScopes: entry.scopes })) {
       return { ok: false, reason: "scope-mismatch" };
@@ -525,8 +531,18 @@ export async function ensureDeviceToken(params: {
       return null;
     }
     const { device, role, tokens, existing } = context;
+    const approvedScopes = normalizeDeviceAuthScopes(
+      device.approvedScopes ?? device.scopes ?? existing?.scopes,
+    );
+    if (!scopesAllowWithImplications(requestedScopes, approvedScopes)) {
+      return null;
+    }
     if (existing && !existing.revokedAtMs) {
-      if (roleScopesAllow({ role, requestedScopes, allowedScopes: existing.scopes })) {
+      const existingWithinApproved = scopesAllowWithImplications(existing.scopes, approvedScopes);
+      if (
+        existingWithinApproved &&
+        roleScopesAllow({ role, requestedScopes, allowedScopes: existing.scopes })
+      ) {
         return existing;
       }
     }