Advisory details:
vulnrichment / CVE-2026-35645
| Advisory ID | vulnrichment/CVE-2026-35645 |
| Aliases | |
| Summary | OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the gateway plugin subagent fallback deleteSession function that uses a synthetic operator.admin runtime scope. Attackers can exploit this by triggering session deletion without a request-scoped client to execute privileged operations with unintended administrative scope. |
| Status | Published |
| Exploitability | 0.5 |
| Weighted Severity | 0.0 |
| Risk | |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches | Package Commit Patches Details |
| CWE-648 | Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs |
| System | Score | Found at |
|---|---|---|
| cvssv3.1 | 8.1 | |
| cvssv4 | 6.1 | |
| ssvc | Track |
| Reference id | Reference type | URL |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/b5d785f1a59a56c3471f2cef328f7c9a6c15f3e7 | ||
| https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-h4jx-hjr3-fhgc | ||
| openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-synthetic-operator-admin-in-deletesession | Advisory | https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-synthetic-operator-admin-in-deletesession |
No EPSS data available for this advisory.
| Patch URL | |
|---|---|
| There are no known patches. | |
| Attack Vector (AV) | Attack Complexity (AC) | Privileges Required (PR) | User Interaction (UI) | Scope (S) | Confidentiality Impact (C) | Integrity Impact (I) | Availability Impact (A) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
network adjacent_network local physical |
low high |
none low high |
none required |
unchanged changed |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
| Attack Vector (AV) | Attack Complexity (AC) | Attack Requirements (AT) | Privileges Required (PR) | User Interaction (UI) | Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) | Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) | Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) | Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) | Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) | Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
network adjacent local physical |
low high |
none present |
none low high |
none passive active |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-04-10T17:11:49Z/
Decision: Track
Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/35xxx/CVE-2026-35645.json
Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2026-35645
[{'Exploitation': 'none'},
{'Automatable': 'no'},
{'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
{'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
{'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
{'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]