Description (CNA)
OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the gateway plugin HTTP authentication mechanism that escalates identity-bearing operator.read requests to runtime operator.write permissions. Attackers can exploit this by sending read-scoped requests through the gateway auth route to gain unauthorized write access to runtime operations.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| OpenClaw / OpenClaw | affected 0 before 2026.4.8; unaffected 2026.4.8 |
CWE
CWE-863
References
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-4f8g-77mw-3rxc
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-gateway-plugin-http-authentication
ADP enrichment
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