Critical

OpenClaw: Silent privilege escalation via gateway shared-auth reconnect

  • Disclosed: 27.03.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Summary

Gateway local shared-auth reconnect silently widens paired device scope from operator.read to operator.admin and reach node RCE

Affected Packages / Versions

  • Package: openclaw
  • Affected versions: <= 2026.3.24
  • First patched version: 2026.3.25
  • Latest published npm version at verification time: 2026.3.24

Details

Silent local shared-auth reconnects could previously auto-approve scope-upgrade requests and widen a paired device from operator.read to operator.admin. Commit 81ebc7e0344fd19c85778e883bad45e2da972229 blocks silent reconnect scope upgrades so widened scopes require an explicit pairing approval instead of an implicit local reconnect path.

Verified vulnerable on tag v2026.3.24 and fixed on main by commit 81ebc7e0344fd19c85778e883bad45e2da972229.

Fix Commit(s)

  • 81ebc7e0344fd19c85778e883bad45e2da972229

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package openclaw <= 2026.3.24 no fix

References

CVSS score -
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-863
Platform
npm
Package
openclaw
Disclosed
27.03.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-fqw4-mph7-2vr8 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: openclaw

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (589) in the archive
Total entries
589
First → latest
02.2026 10.2026
Without a fix
9
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 20
  • High 215
  • Medium 300
  • Low 54

Disclosures per year

  1. 2026: 589
Severity:
  1. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-53811 < 2026.5.7 2026.5.7
  2. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-53806 < 2026.5.12 2026.5.12
  3. High · 7.8 CVE-2026-53813 < 2026.4.25 2026.4.25
  4. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-53834 < 2026.4.27 2026.4.27
  5. Critical CVE-2026-34507 < 2026.4.29 2026.4.29
  6. High CVE-2026-53823 < 2026.5.3 2026.5.3
  7. High · 8.4 CVE-2026-53814 < 2026.5.20 2026.5.20
  8. High · 6.5 CVE-2026-53815 < 2026.5.19 2026.5.19
  9. High · 8.1 CVE-2026-53849 < 2026.5.7 2026.5.7
  10. High · 8.1 CVE-2026-53857 < 2026.5.3 2026.5.3
  11. High · 8.1 CVE-2026-53866 < 2026.5.12 2026.5.12
  12. High · 8.1 CVE-2026-53864 < 2026.5.26 2026.5.26
  13. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-44109 < 2026.4.15 2026.4.15
  14. Critical · 8.1 CVE-2026-43585 < 2026.4.15 2026.4.15
  15. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-43530 >= 2026.2.23, < 2026.4.12 2026.4.12
  16. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-42434 >= 2026.4.5, < 2026.4.10 2026.4.10
  17. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-42437 >= 2026.4.9, < 2026.4.10 2026.4.10
  18. High CVE-2026-41393 < 2026.3.31 2026.3.31
  19. Critical · 8.2 CVE-2026-41296 < 2026.3.31 2026.3.31
  20. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-41352 < 2026.3.31 2026.3.31
  21. High · 7.8 CVE-2026-41396 < 2026.3.31 2026.3.31
  22. High · 8.6 CVE-2026-35641 < 2026.3.24 2026.3.24
  23. OpenClaw: Silent privilege escalation via gateway shared-auth reconnect this entry
    Critical CVE-2026-35625 <= 2026.3.24 no fix
  24. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-35650 < 2026.3.22 2026.3.22
  25. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-32846 < 2026.03.28 2026.03.28
  26. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-33573 < 2026.3.11 2026.3.11
  27. Critical · 9.9 CVE-2026-22172 < 2026.3.12 2026.3.12
  28. Critical · 9.4 CVE-2026-32916 >= 2026.3.7, < 2026.3.11 2026.3.11
  29. High · 7.1 ghsa-gp3q-wpq4-5c5h < 2026.2.26 2026.2.26
  30. High · 7.4 CVE-2026-3690 < 2026.2.19 2026.2.19
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