CVE-2026-42429
highOpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the gateway plugin HTTP authentication mechanism that escalates identity-bearing oper…
Vendor / product: Openclaw — openclaw
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.
CVSS
7.1
7.1 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-04-28 19:37
Modified: 2026-11-11 21:10
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 5 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-11 21:11 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
openclaw / openclaw <2026.4.8
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-4f8g-77mw-3rxc disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-gateway-plugin-http... disclosure@vulncheck.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-11 21:11 UTC · record ↗