OpenClaw up to 2026.3.24 operator.admin incorrect privileged apis

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in OpenClaw up to 2026.3.24. Impacted is the function operator.admin. The manipulation results in incorrect use of privileged apis. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-35645. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in OpenClaw up to 2026.3.24. Affected is the function operator.admin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a incorrect use of privileged apis vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-35645 since 04/04/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 2026.3.25 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch b5d785f1a59a56c3471f2cef328f7c9a6c15f3e7 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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Class: Incorrect use of privileged apis
CWE: CWE-648
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: OpenClaw 2026.3.25
Patch: b5d785f1a59a56c3471f2cef328f7c9a6c15f3e7

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-h4jx-hjr3-fhgc
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-35645 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-35645
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-356790

Entryinfo

Created: 04/10/2026 06:58
Changes: 04/10/2026 06:58 (78)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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