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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.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:645a560b06804d0d198214f74194993b6ec500df03bacad49c7011c65f48adb1
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 2 assertions

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cdd1299b640aa361106910b9ece06b94b27376236ac0f70c3c8198ee56748b2d · sha256:2011da74040f9df3… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":8.7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"LOW","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"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","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"H…

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cdd1299b640aa361106910b9ece06b94b27376236ac0f70c3c8198ee56748b2d · sha256:2011da74040f9df3… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageURL":"pkg:npm/openclaw","product":"OpenClaw","vendor":"OpenClaw","versions":[{"lessThan":"2026.3.25","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"2026.3.25","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cdd1299b640aa361106910b9ece06b94b27376236ac0f70c3c8198ee56748b2d · sha256:2011da74040f9df3… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

2 source assertions
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cdd1299b640aa361106910b9ece06b94b27376236ac0f70c3c8198ee56748b2d · sha256:2011da74040f9df3… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":8.7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"LOW","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"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","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"H…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cdd1299b640aa361106910b9ece06b94b27376236ac0f70c3c8198ee56748b2d · sha256:2011da74040f9df3… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-648","description":"CWE-648: Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cdd1299b640aa361106910b9ece06b94b27376236ac0f70c3c8198ee56748b2d · sha256:2011da74040f9df3… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"name":"Patch Commit","tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/d3d8e316bd819d3c7e34253aeb7eccb2510f5f48"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cdd1299b640aa361106910b9ece06b94b27376236ac0f70c3c8198ee56748b2d · sha256:2011da74040f9df3… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-9hjh-fr4f-gxc4)","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-9hjh-fr4f-gxc4"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cdd1299b640aa361106910b9ece06b94b27376236ac0f70c3c8198ee56748b2d · sha256:2011da74040f9df3… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Privilege Escalation via Backend Reconnect Scope Self-Claim","tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-backend-reconnect-scope-self-claim"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:cdd1299b640aa361106910b9ece06b94b27376236ac0f70c3c8198ee56748b2d · sha256:2011da74040f9df3… · /containers/cna/references/2

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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