{"id":"CVE-2026-35625","aliases":["EUVD-2026-21108","GHSA-8vgj-c3fx-pprx","GHSA-fqw4-mph7-2vr8"],"status":"published","title":"OpenClaw \u003c 2026.3.25 - Privilege Escalation via Silent Local Shared-Auth Reconnect","description":"OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability where silent local shared-auth reconnects auto-approve scope-upgrade requests, widening paired device permissions from operator.read to operator.admin. 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Commit `81ebc7e0344fd19c85778e883bad45e2da972229` blocks silent reconnect scope upgrades so widened scopes require an explicit pairing approval instead of an implicit local reconnect path.\n\nVerified vulnerable on tag `v2026.3.24` and fixed on `main` by commit `81ebc7e0344fd19c85778e883bad45e2da972229`.\n\n## Fix Commit(s)\n\n- `81ebc7e0344fd19c85778e883bad45e2da972229`","status":"published","published":"2026-03-27T22:29:47Z","modified":"2026-03-27T22:29:50Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.4,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:39:44.97342Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-35625","description":"OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability where silent local shared-auth reconnects auto-approve scope-upgrade requests, widening paired device permissions from operator.read to operator.admin. 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Commit `81ebc7e0344fd19c85778e883bad45e2da972229` blocks silent reconnect scope upgrades so widened scopes require an explicit pairing approval instead of an implicit local reconnect path.\n\nVerified vulnerable on tag `v2026.3.24` and fixed on `main` by commit `81ebc7e0344fd19c85778e883bad45e2da972229`.\n\n## Fix Commit(s)\n\n- `81ebc7e0344fd19c85778e883bad45e2da972229`","status":"published","published":"2026-03-27T22:29:47Z","modified":"2026-07-08T08:27:07.326844167Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":9.4,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:46.760785Z"}]}}