OpenClaw up to 2026.3.24 operator.admin incorrect privileged apis

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in OpenClaw up to 2026.3.24. Affected by this vulnerability is the function operator.admin. Such manipulation leads to incorrect use of privileged apis. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-35625. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenClaw up to 2026.3.24 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function operator.admin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a incorrect use of privileged apis vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-648. The product does not conform to the API requirements for a function call that requires extra privileges. This could allow attackers to gain privileges by causing the function to be called incorrectly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-35625 since 04/04/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 2026.3.25 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 81ebc7e0344fd19c85778e883bad45e2da972229 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Incorrect use of privileged apis
CWE: CWE-648
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: OpenClaw 2026.3.25
Patch: 81ebc7e0344fd19c85778e883bad45e2da972229

Timelineinfo

04/04/2026 CVE reserved
04/10/2026 +6 days Advisory disclosed
04/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
04/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-fqw4-mph7-2vr8
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-35625 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-35625
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-356774

Entryinfo

Created: 04/10/2026 06:53
Changes: 04/10/2026 06:53 (78)
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Cache ID: 216:E99:103

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