What is CVE-2026-32004?

CVE-2026-32004 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-03-19.

How severe is CVE-2026-32004?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Openclaw

CVE-2026-32004

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.2 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in the /api/channels route classification due to canonicalization depth mismatch between auth-path classification and route-path canonicalization. Attackers can bypass plugin route authentication checks by submitting deeply encoded slash variants such as multi-encoded %2f to access protected /api/channels endpoints.

EPSS: 0.003 (22.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Openclaw — versions 0, 2026.3.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-288 — Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Patch, patch)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Patch, patch)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Patch, patch)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Patch, patch)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-32004?: CVE-2026-32004 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-03-19.
How severe is CVE-2026-32004?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.