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Attackers can exploit this logic flaw to present unauthorized scopes such as operator.admin and perform admin-only gateway operations.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":9.4,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H","level":"critical","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00584,"percentile":0.48363,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-269","CWE-862"],"published":"2026-03-13T20:55:24Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:52Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","fixed_in":["2026.3.12"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2026.3.11"},{"fixed":"2026.3.12"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.3.12"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"openclaw","product":"openclaw"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-rqpp-rjj8-7wv8","tags":["vendor-advisory","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-scope-elevation-in-websocket-shared-auth-connections","tags":["third-party-advisory","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/44306","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/5e389d5e7c9233ec91026ab2fea299ebaf3249f6","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.3.12","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rqpp-rjj8-7wv8"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/22xxx/CVE-2026-22172.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22172","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-22172","title":"OpenClaw \u003c 2026.3.12 - Scope Elevation in WebSocket Shared-Auth Connections","description":"OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.12 contain an authorization bypass vulnerability in the WebSocket connect path that allows shared-token or password-authenticated connections to self-declare elevated scopes without server-side binding. 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A shared-authenticated client could present elevated scopes such as `operator.admin` even though those scopes were not tied to a device identity or an explicitly trusted Control UI path.\n\n### Impact\n\nThis crossed the intended authorization boundary and could let a shared-secret-authenticated backend client perform admin-only gateway operations.\n\n### Affected versions\n\n`openclaw` `\u003c= 2026.3.11`\n\n### Patch\n\nFixed in `openclaw` `2026.3.12`. 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A shared-authenticated client could present elevated scopes such as `operator.admin` even though those scopes were not tied to a device identity or an explicitly trusted Control UI path.\n\n### Impact\n\nThis crossed the intended authorization boundary and could let a shared-secret-authenticated backend client perform admin-only gateway operations.\n\n### Affected versions\n\n`openclaw` `\u003c= 2026.3.11`\n\n### Patch\n\nFixed in `openclaw` `2026.3.12`. The gateway now clears unbound scopes for non-Control-UI shared-auth connections, and regression tests cover the device-less shared-auth path.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-13T20:55:24Z","modified":"2026-03-20T21:26:21.438257Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-269","CWE-862"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:56.281047Z"}]}}