CVE-2026-35625 OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Privilege Escalation via Silent Local Shared-Auth Reconnect

What is CVE-2026-35625?

CVE-2026-35625 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw, published on 9 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-648

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-35625?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including openclaw. It affects 1 product.

Products include Openclaw Openclaw.

How do I fix CVE-2026-35625?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2026-35625 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-35625 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Openclaw Openclaw

• CVE-2026-28363 Security feature bypass in OpenClaw Critical 9.9
• CVE-2026-30741 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-33579 OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 - Privilege Escalation via Missing Caller Scope Validation in Device Pair Approval Critical 9.4
• CVE-2026-32922 OpenClaw < 2026.3.11 - Privilege Escalation via Unvalidated Scope in device.token.rotate Critical 9.4
• CVE-2026-32978 OpenClaw < 2026.3.11 - Approval Bypass via Unrecognized Script Runners Critical 9.4

All Openclaw Openclaw vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8vgj-c3fx-pprx, GHSA-fqw4-mph7-2vr8, MINI-55j6-cr86-83q6, MINI-rq9h-x256-rpwr.