CVE-2026-35639 | THREATINT

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the device.pair.approve method that allows an operator.pairing approver to approve pending device requests with broader operator scopes than the approver actually holds. Attackers can exploit insufficient scope validation to escalate privileges to operator.admin and achieve remote code execution on the Node infrastructure.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-04 | Published 2026-04-09 | Updated 2026-04-14 | 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-648: Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs

Product status

Default status

unaffected

Any version before 2026.3.22

affected

2026.3.22 (semver)

unaffected

Credits

Peng Zhou (@zpbrent) reporter

References

github.com/...enclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-hf68-49fm-59cq (GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-hf68-49fm-59cq)) third-party-advisory

github.com/...ommit/630f1479c44f78484dfa21bb407cbe6f171dac87 (Patch Commit #1) patch

github.com/...ommit/fc2d29ea926f47c428c556e92ec981441228d2a4 (Patch Commit #2) patch

www.vulncheck.com/...ia-device-pair-approve-scope-validation (VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.22 - Privilege Escalation via device.pair.approve Scope Validation) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2026-35639)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-35639)

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