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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qm2m-28pf-hgjw OpenClaw: Gateway Plugin HTTP Auth Grants Unrestricted operator.admin Runtime Scope to All Callers
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Workaround

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History

Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Privilege Escalation via Gateway Plugin HTTP Authentication Scope
First Time appeared Openclaw
Openclaw openclaw
Weaknesses CWE-648
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Vendors & Products Openclaw
Openclaw openclaw
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': '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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-10T16:03:27.834Z

Reserved: 2026-04-04T12:32:50.476Z

Link: CVE-2026-35669

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-10T17:17:09.240

Modified: 2026-04-10T17:17:09.240

Link: CVE-2026-35669

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Weaknesses