CVE-2026-35639: Openclaw

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the device.pair.approve method that allows an operator.pairing approver to approve pending device requests with broader operator scopes than the approver actually holds. Attackers can exploit insufficient scope validation to escalate privileges to operator.admin and achieve remote code execution on the Node infrastructure.

Affected products

• Openclaw Openclaw: before 2026.3.22 (fixed in 2026.3.22)

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