CVE-2026-35645

MEDIUM EPSS 19.7%
Published Apr 9, 20262mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
6.1 CVSS 4.0
Medium
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Published Apr 9, 2026 2mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.1
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
19.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-648
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization Authorization

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
openclawopenclaw* <2026.3.25

References 3

  • github.com https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/b5d785f1a59a56c3471f2cef328f7c9a6c15f3e7
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-h4jx-hjr3-fhgc
    Vendor Advisory
  • vulncheck.com https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-synthetic-operator-admin-in-deletesession
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/b5d785f1a59a56c3471f2cef328f7c9a6c15f3e7
    Patch