PT-2026-31980 · Openclaw · Openclaw

Peng Zhou · Published 2026-04-10 · Updated 2026-04-10 · CVE-2026-35669

Mitre

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-648

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-35669

Affected Products

Openclaw

References · 4

• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/ec2dbcff9afd8a52e00de054b506c91726d9fbbe · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35669 · Security Note
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-qm2m-28pf-hgjw · Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-gateway-plugin-http-authentication-scope · Note