OpenClaw < 2026.3.22 - Policy Confusion via Room Name Collision in Nextcloud Talk
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 contains a policy confusion vulnerability in room authorization that matches colliding room names instead of stable room tokens. Attackers can exploit similarly named rooms to bypass allowlist policies and gain unauthorized access to protected Nextcloud Talk rooms.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenClaw | OpenClaw | before 2026.3.22 | 2026.3.22 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | openclaw (npm) | before 2026.3.22 | 2026.3.22 | Patch available | GHSA-xhq5-45pm-2gjr |
- OpenClaw VendorOpenClaw Affected before 2026.3.22 Fixed in 2026.3.22 Patch available CNA
- openclaw (npm) Vendor— Affected before 2026.3.22 Fixed in 2026.3.22 Patch available GHSA-xhq5-45pm-2gjr
Remediation
- Fix · CNA OpenClaw (OpenClaw) Fixed in 2026.3.22
- Fix · GHSA-xhq5-45pm-2gjr openclaw (npm) Fixed in 2026.3.22 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
OpenClaw 2026.3.22
11 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 10 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-27740 OpenClaw < 2026.3.22 - Privilege Escalation via device.pair.approve Scope ValidationPriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2026-27739 OpenClaw < 2026.3.22 - Privilege Escalation via Self-Declared Scopes in Trusted-Proxy Control UIPriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-27734 OpenClaw < 2026.3.22 - Unbounded Memory Allocation via Remote Media Error ResponsesPriority LOW 37
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-35624
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xhq5-45pm-2gjr
References
More Openclaw vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-25309 OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 Media Parsing Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-20394 Exposure of resource to wrong sphere in OpenClaw CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-27742 OpenClaw < 2026.3.24 - Arbitrary Code Execution via .npmrc in Local Plugin/Hook Installation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
- TI-2026-27766 OpenClaw < 2026.3.24 - Denial of Service via Feishu Webhook Pre-Auth Body Parsing CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-07315 OpenClaw bluebubbles Webhook monitor.ts handleBlueBubblesWebhookRequest improper authentication CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-17789 OpenClaw < 2026.2.22 - Allowlist Bypass via Command Substitution in system.run CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-35624 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-35624 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xhq5-45pm-2gjr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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