CVE-2026-41404

OpenClaw < 2026.3.31 - Operator Admin Privilege Escalation via Trusted-Proxy Authentication

State: Published
Severity: 7.7 High
Published: Apr 28, 2026
Updated: Apr 29, 2026
Reserved: Apr 20, 2026

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains an incomplete scope-clearing vulnerability in trusted-proxy authentication mode that allows operator.admin privilege escalation. Attackers can exploit this by declaring operator scopes on non-Control-UI clients, allowing self-declared scopes to persist on identity-bearing authentication paths and escalate privileges.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	7.7 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/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-863 Incorrect Authorization

Affected Products

Product	Versions
OpenClawOpenClaw	before 2026.3.31Affected 2026.3.31Not affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-g374-mggx-p6xc)vendor-advisory
Patch Commitpatch
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.31 - Operator Admin Privilege Escalation via Trusted-Proxy Authenticationthird-party-advisory

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