Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-32916

Title: Unauthenticated authorization bypass in plugin subagent routes

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-32916.

CWE Category CWE-266

Published Date Mar 31, 2026

Modified Date Apr 02, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.2 CVSS v4.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.46%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-32916: OpenClaw versions 2026.3.7 before 2026.3.11 contain an authorization bypass vulnerability where plugin subagent routes execute gateway methods through a synthetic operator client with broad administrative scopes. Remote unauthenticated requests to plugin-owned routes can invoke runtime.subagent methods to perform privileged gateway actions including session deletion and agent execution.

Impacted Vendors

openclaw 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-xw77-45gv-p728 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-authorization-bypass-in-plugin-subagent-routes-via-synthetic-admin-scopes

CVSS v4.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

N/A

RAW VECTOR

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/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

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns