CVE-2026-35638: Openclaw

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Control UI that allows unauthenticated sessions to retain self-declared privileged scopes without device identity verification. Attackers can exploit the device-less allow path in the trusted-proxy mechanism to maintain elevated permissions by declaring arbitrary scopes, bypassing device identity requirements.

Affected products

• Openclaw Openclaw: before 2026.3.22 (fixed in 2026.3.22)

Published 2026-04-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.