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CVE-2026-42429

OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the gateway plugin HTTP authentication mechanism that escalates identity-bearing operator.read requests to runtime operator.write permissions. Attackers can exploit this by sending read-scoped requests through the gateway auth route to gain unauthorized write access to runtime operations.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:83e7fec54e8745e1cf3bc23ccd90604d0f11310566a833eeb484d411abf80fd4
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":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":6,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","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:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"LOW","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HI…

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5fddf0eb266c862608dd14e0354322da77eef1c10fd1dd33c88cbbad1f1d2c26 · sha256:482ed349864dcaa2… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":7.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5fddf0eb266c862608dd14e0354322da77eef1c10fd1dd33c88cbbad1f1d2c26 · sha256:482ed349864dcaa2… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageURL":"pkg:npm/openclaw","product":"OpenClaw","vendor":"OpenClaw","versions":[{"lessThan":"2026.4.8","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"2026.4.8","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5fddf0eb266c862608dd14e0354322da77eef1c10fd1dd33c88cbbad1f1d2c26 · sha256:482ed349864dcaa2… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

2 source assertions
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":6,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","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:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"LOW","vulnIntegrityImpact":"HI…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5fddf0eb266c862608dd14e0354322da77eef1c10fd1dd33c88cbbad1f1d2c26 · sha256:482ed349864dcaa2… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":7.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5fddf0eb266c862608dd14e0354322da77eef1c10fd1dd33c88cbbad1f1d2c26 · sha256:482ed349864dcaa2… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-863","description":"CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5fddf0eb266c862608dd14e0354322da77eef1c10fd1dd33c88cbbad1f1d2c26 · sha256:482ed349864dcaa2… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

3 source assertions
{"name":"Patch Commit","tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5fddf0eb266c862608dd14e0354322da77eef1c10fd1dd33c88cbbad1f1d2c26 · sha256:482ed349864dcaa2… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-4f8g-77mw-3rxc)","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-4f8g-77mw-3rxc"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5fddf0eb266c862608dd14e0354322da77eef1c10fd1dd33c88cbbad1f1d2c26 · sha256:482ed349864dcaa2… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.4.8 - Privilege Escalation via Gateway Plugin HTTP Authentication","tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-gateway-plugin-http-authentication"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:5fddf0eb266c862608dd14e0354322da77eef1c10fd1dd33c88cbbad1f1d2c26 · sha256:482ed349864dcaa2… · /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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