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CVE-2026-35639

Published: Apr 9, 2026

Modified: Apr 14, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

8.8

HIGH

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
OpenClaw	OpenClaw	affected `0 - < 2026.3.22` unaffected `2026.3.22`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-hf68-49fm-59cq)

third-party-advisory

Patch Commit #1

patch

Patch Commit #2

patch

VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.22 - Privilege Escalation via device.pair.approve Scope Validation

third-party-advisory

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