CVE-2026-35638

OpenClaw < 2026.3.22 - Privilege Escalation via Self-Declared Scopes in Trusted-Proxy Control UI

State: Published
Severity: 8.7 High
Published: Apr 9, 2026
Updated: Jun 23, 2026
Reserved: Apr 4, 2026

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Control UI that allows unauthenticated sessions to retain self-declared privileged scopes without device identity verification. Attackers can exploit the device-less allow path in the trusted-proxy mechanism to maintain elevated permissions by declaring arbitrary scopes, bypassing device identity requirements.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	8.7 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	8.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-286 Execute unauthorized code or commands

Affected Products

Product	Versions
OpenClawOpenClaw	before 2026.3.22Affected 2026.3.22Not affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-48vw-m3qc-wr99)vendor-advisory
Patch Commit #1patch
Patch Commit #2patch
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.22 - Privilege Escalation via Self-Declared Scopes in Trusted-Proxy Control UIthird-party-advisory

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