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CVE-2026-35625: OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Privilege Escalation via Silent Local Shared-Auth Reconnect

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-04-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-648

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability where silent local shared-auth reconnects auto-approve scope-upgrade requests, widening paired device permissions from operator.read to operator.admin. Attackers can exploit this by triggering local reconnection to silently escalate privileges and achieve remote code execution on the node.

Affected products

• OpenClaw: before 2026.3.25 — fixed in 2026.3.25

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OpenClaw 2026.3.25. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/81ebc7e0344fd19c85778e883bad45e2da972229
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-fqw4-mph7-2vr8
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-silent-local-shared-auth-reconnect

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