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Description

OpenClaw versions 2026.2.22 prior to 2026.2.25 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability allowing unpaired device identities to bypass operator pairing requirements and self-assign elevated operator scopes including operator.admin. Attackers with valid shared gateway authentication can present a self-signed unpaired device identity to request and obtain higher operator scopes before pairing approval is granted.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-03-10 | Published 2026-03-21 | Updated 2026-03-24 | Assigner VulnCheck




HIGH: 8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

HIGH: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization

Product status

Default status
unaffected

2026.2.22 (semver) before 2026.2.25
affected

2026.2.25 (semver)
unaffected

Credits

tdjackey reporter

References

github.com/...enclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-553v-f69r-656j (GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-553v-f69r-656j)) third-party-advisory

github.com/...ommit/8d1481cb4a9d31bd617e52dc8c392c35689d9dea (Patch Commit) patch

www.vulncheck.com/...entity-in-shared-gateway-authentication (VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.2.25 - Privilege Escalation via Unpaired Device Identity in Shared Gateway Authentication) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2026-32042)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-32042)

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