CVE-2026-42429
HIGH
NVD
CVSS Score
7.1
Severity
HIGH
Published
Apr 28, 2026
Vendor
unknown
Description
OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in the gateway plugin HTTP authentication mechanism that widens identity-bearing operator.read requests into runtime operator.write permissions. Attackers can exploit this by sending read-scoped requests through the gateway auth route to gain unauthorized write access to runtime operations.