CVE-2026-35645

HIGH

OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Privilege Escalation via Synthetic operator.admin in deleteSession

Title source: cna

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the gateway plugin subagent fallback deleteSession function that uses a synthetic operator.admin runtime scope. Attackers can exploit this by triggering session deletion without a request-scoped client to execute privileged operations with unintended administrative scope.

References (3)

[Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-h4jx-hjr3-fhgc

[Patch] https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/b5d785f1a59a56c3471f2cef328f7c9a6c15f3e7

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-synthetic-operator-admin-in-deletesession

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 13.3%

Attack Vector NETWORK

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

Details

CWE

CWE-648 CWE-863

Status published

Products (4)

npm/openclaw 0 - 2026.3.28npm

OpenClaw/OpenClaw < 2026.3.25

openclaw/openclaw < 2026.3.25

OpenClaw/OpenClaw 2026.3.25

Published Apr 09, 2026

Tracked Since Apr 10, 2026