CVE-2026-35669 OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Privilege Escalation via Gateway Plugin HTTP Authentication Scope

What is CVE-2026-35669?

CVE-2026-35669 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw, published on 10 Apr 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in gateway-authenticated plugin HTTP routes that incorrectly mint operator.admin runtime scope regardless of caller-granted scopes. Attackers can exploit this scope boundary bypass to gain elevated privileges and perform unauthorized administrative actions.

Weakness: CWE-648

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-35669?

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

Products include Openclaw Openclaw.

How do I fix CVE-2026-35669?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-35669 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2026-35669 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-35669 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
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Also known as GHSA-qm2m-28pf-hgjw, MINI-p7fq-38w2-jj2w.