CVE-2026-35645

HIGH8.1

OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Privilege Escalation via Synthetic operator.admin in deleteSession

Published Apr 9, 2026

Modified 1 months ago

Details

OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the gateway plugin subagent fallback deleteSession function that uses a synthetic operator.admin runtime scope. Attackers can exploit this by triggering session deletion without a request-scoped client to execute privileged operations with unintended administrative scope.

References

FIX

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/b5d785f1a59a56c3471f2cef328f7c9a6c15f3e7

ADVISORY

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-h4jx-hjr3-fhgc

ADVISORY

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-35645

ADVISORY

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-synthetic-operator-admin-in-deletesession

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v4.0

6.1