CVE-2026-35638

HIGH

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

Title source: cna

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.

References (4)

[Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-48vw-m3qc-wr99

[Patch] https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/630f1479c44f78484dfa21bb407cbe6f171dac87

[Patch] https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/ccf16cd8892402022439346ae1d23352e3707e9e

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-self-declared-scopes-in-trusted-proxy-control-ui

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 14.9%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-286

Status published

Products (3)

OpenClaw/OpenClaw < 2026.3.22

openclaw/openclaw < 2026.3.22

OpenClaw/OpenClaw 2026.3.22

Published Apr 09, 2026

Tracked Since Apr 10, 2026