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CVE-2026-35620: OpenClaw < 2026.3.24 - Missing Authorization in /send and /allowlist Chat Commands

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-04-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.24 contains missing authorization vulnerabilities in the /send and /allowlist chat command handlers. The /send command allows non-owner command-authorized senders to change owner-only session delivery policy settings, and the /allowlist mutating commands fail to enforce operator.admin scope. Attackers with operator.write scope can invoke /send on|off|inherit to persistently mutate the current session's sendPolicy, and execute /allowlist add commands to modify config-backed allowFrom entries and pairing-store allowlist entries without proper admin authorization.

Affected products

• OpenClaw: before 2026.3.24 — fixed in 2026.3.24

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OpenClaw 2026.3.24. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/555b2578a8cc6e1b93f717496935ead97bfbed8b
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/ccfeecb6887cd97937e33a71877ad512741e82b2
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/ea018a68ccb92dbc735bc1df9880d5c95c63ca35
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-39mp-545q-w789
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-vqvg-86cc-cg83
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-missing-authorization-in-send-and-allowlist-chat-commands

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