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CVE-2026-35621: OpenClaw < 2026.3.24 - Privilege Escalation via chat.send to Allowlist Persistence

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% 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 a privilege escalation vulnerability where the /allowlist command fails to re-validate gateway client scopes for internal callers, allowing operator.write-scoped clients to mutate channel authorization policy. Attackers can exploit chat.send to build an internal command-authorized context and persist channel allowFrom and groupAllowFrom policy changes reserved for operator.admin scope.

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/security/advisories/GHSA-94pw-c6m8-p9p9
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-chat-send-to-allowlist-persistence

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