CVE-2026-42429 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 escalates identity-bearing operator.read requests to runtime operator.write permissions. Attackers can exploit this by sending read-scoped requests through the gateway...

PT-2026-35778

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.31 Description An authentication bypass exists where unauthenticated 'plugin-auth' HTTP routes are granted operator runtime write scopes. This allows unauthorized users to access these routes and perform...

GHSA-4F8G-77MW-3RXC OpenClaw: Gateway plugin HTTP `auth: gateway` widens identity-bearing `operator.read` requests into runtime `operator.write`

Impact Gateway plugin HTTP auth: gateway widens identity-bearing operator.read requests into runtime operator.write. Plugin HTTP routes using gateway auth could receive runtime write scopes even when the upstream trusted-proxy request only declared read. OpenClaw is a user-controlled local...