OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the gateway plugin subagent fallback deleteSession function that…
VulnCheck·CWE-648·Published 2026-03-29
OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the gateway plugin subagent fallback deleteSession function that uses a synthetic operator.admin runtime scope. Attackers can exploit this by triggering session deletion without a request-scoped client to execute privileged operations with unintended administrative scope.
OpenClaw before 2026.3.25 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the gateway plugin subagent fallback deleteSession function that uses a synthetic operator.admin runtime scope. Attackers can exploit this by triggering session deletion without a request-scoped client to execute privileged operations with unintended administrative scope.
## Summary Gateway Plugin Subagent Fallback `deleteSession` Uses Synthetic `operator.admin` ## Affected Packages / Versions - Package: `openclaw` - Affected versions: `<= 2026.3.24` - First patched version: `2026.3.25` - Latest published npm version at verification time: `2026.3.24` ## Details Gateway plugin subagent fallback `deleteSession` previously dispatched `sessions.delete` with a synthetic `operator.admin` runtime scope when no request-scoped client existed. Commit `b5d785f1a59a56c3471f2cef328f7c9a6c15f3e7` binds deletion to the caller scope instead of minting admin scope. Verified vulnerable on tag `v2026.3.24` and fixed on `main` by commit `b5d785f1a59a56c3471f2cef328f7c9a6c15f3e7`. ## Fix Commit(s) - `b5d785f1a59a56c3471f2cef328f7c9a6c15f3e7`
## Summary Gateway Plugin Subagent Fallback `deleteSession` Uses Synthetic `operator.admin` ## Affected Packages / Versions - Package: `openclaw` - Affected versions: `<= 2026.3.24` - First patched version: `2026.3.25` - Latest published npm version at verification time: `2026.3.24` ## Details Gateway plugin subagent fallback `deleteSession` previously dispatched `sessions.delete` with a synthetic `operator.admin` runtime scope when no request-scoped client existed. Commit `b5d785f1a59a56c3471f2cef328f7c9a6c15f3e7` binds deletion to the caller scope instead of minting admin scope. Verified vulnerable on tag `v2026.3.24` and fixed on `main` by commit `b5d785f1a59a56c3471f2cef328f7c9a6c15f3e7`. ## Fix Commit(s) - `b5d785f1a59a56c3471f2cef328f7c9a6c15f3e7`
| Version | Type | Source | Base | Exp | Impact | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | Primary | NVD | 8.8 | 2.8 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| 3.1 | Primary | cve.org | 8.1 | — | — | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| 3.1 | Secondary | GHSA | 8.1 | — | — | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| 3.1 | Secondary | NVD | 8.1 | 2.8 | 5.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |
| 4.0 | Primary | cve.org | 6.1 | — | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| 4.0 | Secondary | GHSA | 6.1 | — | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| 4.0 | Secondary | NVD | 6.1 | — | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |