Advisories

OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 - Privilege Escalation via chat.send /verbose Parameter

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severity
medium
date
Affecting
  • OpenClaw >= 0, < 2026.3.28

CWE
  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization
CVSS
5.3
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Peng Zhou (@zpbrent)
Description
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the chat.send endpoint that allows write-scoped gateway callers to persist admin-only verboseLevel session overrides. Attackers can exploit the /verbose parameter to bypass access controls and expose sensitive reasoning or tool output intended to be restricted to administrators.

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