CVE-2026-35638

HIGH

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

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.22 - Privilege Escalation via Self-Declared Scopes in Trusted-Proxy Control UI
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-self-declared-scopes-in-trusted-proxy-control-ui
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-48vw-m3qc-wr99)
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-48vw-m3qc-wr99

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0029
EPSS Percentile 20.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

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