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CVE-2026-35631: OpenClaw < 2026.3.22 - Missing Authorization Enforcement in Internal ACP Chat Commands

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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-862

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 fails to enforce operator.admin scope on mutating internal ACP chat commands, allowing unauthorized modifications. Attackers without admin privileges can execute mutating control-plane actions by directly invoking affected ACP commands to bypass authorization gates.

Affected products

• OpenClaw: before 2026.3.22 — fixed in 2026.3.22

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: OpenClaw 2026.3.22. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/229426a257e49694a59fa4e3895861d02a4d767f
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/630f1479c44f78484dfa21bb407cbe6f171dac87
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-3w6x-gv34-mqpf
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-missing-authorization-enforcement-in-internal-acp-chat-commands

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