What is CVE-2026-32922?

CVE-2026-32922 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2026-03-29.

How severe is CVE-2026-32922?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Openclaw

CVE-2026-32922

OpenClaw before 2026.3.11 contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in device.token.rotate that allows callers with operator.pairing scope to mint tokens with broader scopes by failing to constrain newly minted scopes to the caller's current scope set. Attackers can obtain operator.admin tokens for paired devices and achieve remote code execution on connected nodes via system.run or gain unauthorized gateway-admin access.

EPSS: 0.005 (42.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.9 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Openclaw — versions 0, 2026.3.11

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-266 — Incorrect Privilege Assignment

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-32922?: CVE-2026-32922 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Incorrect Privilege Assignment. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2026-03-29.
How severe is CVE-2026-32922?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.