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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-35645 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulnCheck
CVSS-B 6.1 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/b5d785f1a59a56c3471f2cef328f7c9a6c15f3e7 VulnCheck
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-h4jx-hjr3-fhgc VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-synthetic-operator-admin-in-deletesession VulnCheck

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-648 Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs VulnCheck  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-35645
NVD Published Date:
04/09/2026
NVD Last Modified:
04/09/2026
Source:
VulnCheck