CVE-2026-35625 | THREATINT

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-04 | Published 2026-04-09 | Updated 2026-04-14 | Assigner VulnCheck

HIGH: 8.5CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

HIGH: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-648: Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs

Product status

Default status

unaffected

Any version before 2026.3.25

affected

2026.3.25 (semver)

unaffected

Credits

Peng Zhou (@zpbrent) reporter

References

github.com/...enclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-fqw4-mph7-2vr8 (GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-fqw4-mph7-2vr8)) third-party-advisory

github.com/...ommit/81ebc7e0344fd19c85778e883bad45e2da972229 (Patch Commit) patch

www.vulncheck.com/...-via-silent-local-shared-auth-reconnect (VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Privilege Escalation via Silent Local Shared-Auth Reconnect) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2026-35625)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-35625)

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