{"id":"CVE-2026-32042","summary":"OpenClaw \u003c 2026.2.25 - Privilege Escalation via Unpaired Device Identity in Shared Gateway Authentication","details":"OpenClaw versions 2026.2.22 prior to 2026.2.25 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability allowing unpaired device identities to bypass operator pairing requirements and self-assign elevated operator scopes including operator.admin. Attackers with valid shared gateway authentication can present a self-signed unpaired device identity to request and obtain higher operator scopes before pairing approval is granted.","aliases":["GHSA-553v-f69r-656j"],"modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:22.002861810Z","published":"2026-03-21T00:42:17.500Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/32xxx/CVE-2026-32042.json","cna_assigner":"VulnCheck","cwe_ids":["CWE-863"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/32xxx/CVE-2026-32042.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-553v-f69r-656j"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32042"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-unpaired-device-identity-in-shared-gateway-authentication"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/8d1481cb4a9d31bd617e52dc8c392c35689d9dea"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw","events":[{"introduced":"a54dc7fe80fc02e2a02e6901668a468fcb0cf8b4"},{"fixed":"4b5d4a4c660d05e4bd73f0e11123e68fd9664432"},{"fixed":"8d1481cb4a9d31bd617e52dc8c392c35689d9dea"}],"database_specific":{"source":["CPE_RANGE","REFERENCES"],"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"2026.2.22"},{"fixed":"2026.2.25"}]}}],"versions":["v2026.2.25-beta.1","v2026.2.24","v2026.2.24-beta.1","v2026.2.23","v2026.2.23-beta.1","v2026.2.22"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-32042.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}