CVE-2026-35639HIGH 8.8EPSS p36.3%

CVE-2026-35639CVE-2026-35639

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the device.pair.approve method that allows an operator.pairing approver to approve pending device requests with broader operator scopes than the approver actually holds. Attackers can exploit insufficient scope validation to escalate privileges to operator.admin and achieve remote code execution on the Node infrastructure.

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
EPSS0.46% probability of exploitation · percentile 36.3% · 2026-06-18T12:00:27Z
Published2026-04-09
Last modified2026-04-15

Underlying weaknesses· 1

CWE-648

References

  1. https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/630f1479c44f78484dfa21bb407cbe6f171dac87
  2. https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/fc2d29ea926f47c428c556e92ec981441228d2a4
  3. https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-hf68-49fm-59cq
  4. https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-device-pair-approve-scope-validation

1

TypeTargetConfidenceTier
WeaknessIncorrect Use of Privileged APIscwe-6480%live

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