OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains an incomplete scope-clearing vulnerability in trusted-proxy authentication mode that allows operator.admin privilege escalation. Attackers can exploit this by declaring operator scopes on non-Control-UI clients, allowing self-declared scopes to persist on identity-bearing authentication paths and escalate privileges.
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"cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-863"
]
}{
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
"extracted_events": [
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"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2026.3.31"
}
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"source": [
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]
}