{"id":"GHSA-4f8g-77mw-3rxc","summary":"OpenClaw: Gateway plugin HTTP `auth: gateway` widens identity-bearing `operator.read` requests into runtime `operator.write`","details":"## Impact\n\nGateway plugin HTTP `auth: gateway` widens identity-bearing `operator.read` requests into runtime `operator.write`.\n\nPlugin HTTP routes using gateway auth could receive runtime write scopes even when the upstream trusted-proxy request only declared read.\n\nOpenClaw is a user-controlled local assistant. This advisory is scoped to the OpenClaw trust model and does not assume a multi-tenant service boundary.\n\n## Affected Packages / Versions\n\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Affected versions: `2026.1.29`\n- Patched versions: `2026.4.8`\n\n## Fix\n\nThe issue was fixed on `main` and is available in the patched npm version listed above. The verified fixed tree is commit `d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5`.\n\n## Verification\n\nThe fix was re-checked against `main` before publication, including targeted regression tests for the affected security boundary.\n\n## Credits\n\nThanks @smaeljaish771 for reporting.","aliases":["CVE-2026-42429"],"modified":"2026-06-08T23:30:14.403222033Z","published":"2026-04-09T17:36:53Z","database_specific":{"nvd_published_at":"2026-04-28T19:37:46Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-269","CWE-863"],"severity":"LOW","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2026-04-09T17:36:53Z"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-4f8g-77mw-3rxc"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42429"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-privilege-escalation-via-gateway-plugin-http-authentication"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openclaw","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/openclaw"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.4.8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-4f8g-77mw-3rxc/GHSA-4f8g-77mw-3rxc.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}