Privilege Escalation

OpenClaw is vulnerable to privilege escalation. The vulnerability is due to improper authorization in the node reconnection process, which allows an attacker using a previously paired node to bypass re-pairing authentication and execute privileged commands on the local assistant system...

CVE-2026-42432 OpenClaw < 2026.4.8 - Command Escalation via Node Pairing Reconnect Bypass

OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability allowing previously paired nodes to reconnect with exec-capable commands without the operator.admin scope requirement. Attackers can bypass re-pairing authentication to execute privileged commands on the local assistant system...