Vulnerability · Published Apr 9, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-35645OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Privilege Escalation via Synthetic operator.admin in deleteSession

High 8.1

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw 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 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
npm	openclaw	2026.3.28	GHSA-h4jx-hjr3-fhgc

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
OpenClaw	OpenClaw	0 – before 2026.3.25

Weakness: CWE-648 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-h4jx-hjr3-fhgc) vendor-advisory
Patch Commit patch
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.25 - Privilege Escalation via Synthetic operator.admin in deleteSession third-party-advisory