CVE-2026-35638HIGH 8.8EPSS p20.3%

CVE-2026-35638CVE-2026-35638

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS 3.18.8 (HIGH)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS0.29% probability of exploitation · percentile 20.3% · 2026-06-19T12:03:05Z
Published2026-04-09
Last modified2026-04-15

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-286

References

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

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessIncorrect User Managementcwe-2860%live

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