CVE-2026-35645

HIGH

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

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Privilege Escalation via Synthetic operator.admin in deleteSession
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-synthetic-operator-admin-in-deletesession
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-h4jx-hjr3-fhgc)
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-h4jx-hjr3-fhgc

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0028
EPSS Percentile 19.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

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