{"id":"CVE-2026-32004","aliases":["EUVD-2026-13259","GHSA-v865-p3gq-hw6m"],"status":"published","title":"OpenClaw \u003c 2026.3.2 - Authentication Bypass via Encoded Path in /api/channels Route","description":"OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.2 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the /api/channels route classification due to canonicalization depth mismatch between auth-path classification and route-path canonicalization. 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Attackers can bypass plugin route authentication checks by submitting deeply encoded slash variants such as multi-encoded %2f to access protected /api/channels endpoints.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-19T22:06:44.627Z","modified":"2026-06-23T16:14:29.642Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-288"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:19:57.100857Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-13259","description":"OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.2 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the /api/channels route classification due to canonicalization depth mismatch between auth-path classification and route-path canonicalization. Attackers can bypass plugin route authentication checks by submitting deeply encoded slash variants such as multi-encoded %2f to access protected /api/channels endpoints.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-19T22:06:44Z","modified":"2026-06-23T16:14:29Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:20:32.273921Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-v865-p3gq-hw6m","title":"OpenClaw has encoded-path auth bypass in plugin `/api/channels` route classification","description":"### Summary (Updated March 2, 2026)\nEncoded alternate-path requests could bypass plugin route auth checks for `/api/channels/*` due to canonicalization depth mismatch in vulnerable builds.\n\n### Affected Packages / Versions\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Latest published vulnerable version: `2026.3.1`\n- Affected range: `\u003c= 2026.3.1`\n- Patched release: `2026.3.2` (`patched_versions: \u003e= 2026.3.2`)\n\n### Technical Details\nIn affected versions, plugin auth-path classification and route-path canonicalization could diverge for deeply encoded slash variants (for example multi-encoded `%2f`). That mismatch allowed alternate encoded paths to evade protected-prefix auth checks while still resolving to `/api/channels/...` in plugin route handling.\n\nThe fix set hardens this class of issue by:\n- canonicalizing route paths to a bounded fixpoint,\n- failing closed on malformed or unresolved canonicalization depth,\n- requiring explicit plugin-route auth contracts (no implicit auth default),\n- enforcing route ownership/conflict guards for duplicate route registrations, and\n- using shared webhook route lifecycle registration to avoid stale/conflicting route surfaces.\n\n### Affected Deployments\nDeployments exposing plugin HTTP routes and relying on gateway auth for `/api/channels/*` protection.\n\n### Fix Commit(s)\n- `93b07240257919f770d1e263e1f22753937b80ea`\n- `2fd8264ab03bd178e62a5f0c50d1c8556c17f12d`\n- `d74bc257d8432f17e50b23ae713d7e0623a1fe0f`\n- `7a7eee920a176a0043398c6b37bf4cc6eb983eeb`","status":"published","published":"2026-03-03T21:25:52Z","modified":"2026-03-30T13:21:07Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-288"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:39:44.97342Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-32004","description":"OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.2 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the /api/channels route classification due to canonicalization depth mismatch between auth-path classification and route-path canonicalization. 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That mismatch allowed alternate encoded paths to evade protected-prefix auth checks while still resolving to `/api/channels/...` in plugin route handling.\n\nThe fix set hardens this class of issue by:\n- canonicalizing route paths to a bounded fixpoint,\n- failing closed on malformed or unresolved canonicalization depth,\n- requiring explicit plugin-route auth contracts (no implicit auth default),\n- enforcing route ownership/conflict guards for duplicate route registrations, and\n- using shared webhook route lifecycle registration to avoid stale/conflicting route surfaces.\n\n### Affected Deployments\nDeployments exposing plugin HTTP routes and relying on gateway auth for `/api/channels/*` protection.\n\n### Fix Commit(s)\n- `93b07240257919f770d1e263e1f22753937b80ea`\n- `2fd8264ab03bd178e62a5f0c50d1c8556c17f12d`\n- `d74bc257d8432f17e50b23ae713d7e0623a1fe0f`\n- `7a7eee920a176a0043398c6b37bf4cc6eb983eeb`","status":"published","published":"2026-03-03T21:25:52Z","modified":"2026-03-30T13:33:57.971836Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"},{"version":"4.0","score":8.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-288"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:56.981655Z"}]}}