CVE-2026-35663
OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability allowing non-admin operators to self-request broader scopes during backend reconnect. Attackers can bypass pairing requirements to reconnect as operator.admin, gaining unauthorized administrative privileges.
Scoring
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS base score
- 8.8
- CVSS 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
- EPSS probability
- 0.28%
- CWE
- CWE-648
- Published
- 2026-04-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-23
Affected products
- OpenClaw OpenClaw
- OpenClaw OpenClaw
Weakness type
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