VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-42429

CVSS score7.1 HIGH
EPSS probability0.24%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-04-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • disclosure@vulncheck.com: CWE-863

Primary references