Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.24 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability where the /allowlist command fails to re-validate gateway client scopes for internal callers, allowing operator.write-scoped clients to mutate channel authorization policy. Attackers can exploit chat.send to build an internal command-authorized context and persist channel allowFrom and groupAllowFrom policy changes reserved for operator.admin scope.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-04-10T16:03:09.856Z

Last Modified :

2026-04-10T18:21:15.828Z

Source :

VulnCheck
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-35621 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Openclaw
  • Openclaw
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2026-35621.

URL Resource
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-94pw-c6m8-p9p9 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-chat-send-to-allowlist-persistence cve-icon cve-icon
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