{"cve":"CVE-2026-35625","nvd":{"published":"2026-04-09T22:16:30.867","modified":"2026-06-17T10:40:53.413","status":"Analyzed","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.","cvss_v4":{"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","score":8.5},"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-648"],"references":["https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/81ebc7e0344fd19c85778e883bad45e2da972229","https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-fqw4-mph7-2vr8","https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-silent-local-shared-auth-reconnect"],"products":["openclaw:openclaw"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:28:59.047572785+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-35625","score":0.00192,"percentile":0.08882,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-fqw4-mph7-2vr8","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-fqw4-mph7-2vr8","summary":"OpenClaw: Silent privilege escalation via gateway shared-auth reconnect","modified":"2026-07-08T08:27:07.326844167Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"openclaw","purl":"pkg:npm/openclaw","ranges":["<=2026.3.24"],"fixed":[]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}