CVE-2026-35638

OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Control UI that allows unauthenticated sessions to retain self-declared privileged scopes without device identity verification. Attackers can exploit the device-less allow path in the trusted-proxy mechanism to maintain elevated permissions by declaring arbitrary scopes, bypassing device identity requirements.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.8 High

Status

Analyzed - disclosure@vulncheck.com

Published

2026-04-09

Last modified

2026-06-23

Weaknesses

CWE-286

Affected products

• Openclaw (Openclaw)

References

• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/630f1479c44f78484dfa21bb407cbe6f171dac87
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/ccf16cd8892402022439346ae1d23352e3707e9e
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-48vw-m3qc-wr99
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-self-declared-scopes-in-trusted-proxy-control-ui