CVE-2026-35625 PUBLISHED

OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Privilege Escalation via Silent Local Shared-Auth Reconnect

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 04.04.2026 Published: 09.04.2026 Updated: 09.04.2026

OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability where silent local shared-auth reconnects auto-approve scope-upgrade requests, widening paired device permissions from operator.read to operator.admin. Attackers can exploit this by triggering local reconnection to silently escalate privileges and achieve remote code execution on the node.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.5

Product Status

Vendor OpenClaw
Product OpenClaw
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2026.3.25 (excl.)
  • Version 2026.3.25 is unaffected

Credits

  • Peng Zhou (@zpbrent) reporter

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-648: Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs CWE