Vulnerability · Published Apr 10, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-35621OpenClaw < 2026.3.24 - Privilege Escalation via chat.send to Allowlist Persistence

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in OpenClaw from OpenClaw. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.24 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability where the /allowlist command fails to re-validate gateway client scopes for internal callers, allowing operator.write-scoped clients to mutate channel authorization policy. Attackers can exploit chat.send to build an internal command-authorized context and persist channel allowFrom and groupAllowFrom policy changes reserved for operator.admin scope.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
npm	openclaw	2026.3.24	GHSA-94pw-c6m8-p9p9

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
OpenClaw	OpenClaw	0 – before 2026.3.24

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-94pw-c6m8-p9p9) vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.24 - Privilege Escalation via chat.send to Allowlist Persistence third-party-advisory