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CVE-2026-42429
7.1 HIGH
- CVSS version: 3.1
- Attack vector (AV): NETWORK
- Attack complexity (AC): LOW
- Privileges required (PR): LOW
- User interaction (UI): NONE
- Scope (S): UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality impact (C): LOW
- Integrity impact (I): HIGH
- Availability impact (A): NONE
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OpenClaw < 2026.4.8 - Privilege Escalation via Gateway Plugin HTTP Authentication
OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the gateway plugin HTTP authentication mechanism that widens identity-bearing operator.read requests into 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.
References
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GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-4f8g-77mw-3rxc) vendor-advisory
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Patch Commit patch
Affected products
OpenClaw
- <2026.4.8
- ==2026.4.8
Package maintainers
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@mkg20001 Maciej Krüger <mkg20001+nix@gmail.com>
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@chrisportela Chris Portela <chris@chrisportela.com>