High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 9, 2026· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2026-35625

Description

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.

Affected products

OpenClaw/Openclaw
cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
Range: <2026.3.25

Patches

81ebc7e0344f

https://github.com/openclaw/openclawvia nvd-ref

commit

Vulnerability mechanics

Generated by null/stub on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.

References

github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/81ebc7e0344fd19c85778e883bad45e2da972229nvdPatch
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-fqw4-mph7-2vr8nvdVendor Advisory
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-silent-local-shared-auth-reconnectnvdThird Party Advisory

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