CVE-2026-35669

OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Privilege Escalation via Gateway Plugin HTTP Authentication Scope

State: Published
Severity: 8.7 High
Published: Apr 10, 2026
Updated: Jun 23, 2026
Reserved: Apr 4, 2026

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in gateway-authenticated plugin HTTP routes that incorrectly mint operator.admin runtime scope regardless of caller-granted scopes. Attackers can exploit this scope boundary bypass to gain elevated privileges and perform unauthorized administrative actions.

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-648 Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs

Affected Products

Product	Versions
OpenClawOpenClaw	before 2026.3.25Affected 2026.3.25Not affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-qm2m-28pf-hgjw)vendor-advisory
Patch Commitpatch
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Privilege Escalation via Gateway Plugin HTTP Authentication Scopethird-party-advisory

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