CVE-2026-35634OpenClaw < 2026.3.23 - Authentication Bypass via Local-Direct Requests in Canvas Gateway
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 0.15%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 96% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
OpenClaw before 2026.3.23 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the Canvas gateway where authorizeCanvasRequest() unconditionally allows local-direct requests without validating bearer tokens or canvas capabilities. Attackers can send unauthenticated loopback HTTP and WebSocket requests to Canvas routes to bypass authentication and gain unauthorized access.
Timeline
ID reserved
By VulnCheck
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium5.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | Medium5.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/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 |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.15% · top 96% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmopenclawGHSA-6mqc-jqh6-x8fc (opens in a new tab)
References
References4
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-6mqc-jqh6-x8fc) (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory
- Patch Commit #1 (opens in a new tab)patch
- Patch Commit #2 (opens in a new tab)patch
- VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.23 - Authentication Bypass via Local-Direct Requests in Canvas Gateway (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-21124 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6mqc-jqh6-x8fc (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-35634)Record last updated .