OpenClaw < 2026.3.22 - Missing Authorization Enforcement in Internal ACP Chat Commands | Advisories

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OpenClaw < 2026.3.22 - Missing Authorization Enforcement in Internal ACP Chat Commands

severity: medium
date: 4/9/2026
Affecting: OpenClaw < 2026.3.22
CVE: CVE-2026-35631
CWE: CWE-862 Missing Authorization
CVSS: 7.1
CVSS V4 Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References: GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-3w6x-gv34-mqpf)
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Credit: tdjackey
Description: OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 fails to enforce operator.admin scope on mutating internal ACP chat commands, allowing unauthorized modifications. Attackers without admin privileges can execute mutating control-plane actions by directly invoking affected ACP commands to bypass authorization gates.

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