CVE-2026-32005
Published: 19 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-32005 is a high-severity Incorrect Authorization (CWE-863) vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw. Its CVSS base score is 7.6 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 19.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-24 (Access Control Decisions) and AC-25 (Reference Monitor).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2026-32005 is an authorization bypass vulnerability in OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.25, stemming from a failure to enforce sender authorization checks for interactive callbacks such as block_action, view_submission, and view_closed in shared workspace deployments. Classified under CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.8 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N), indicating medium severity with network accessibility, high attack complexity, low privileges required, and significant impacts to confidentiality and integrity.
Low-privileged unauthorized workspace members can exploit this vulnerability remotely without user interaction. By skipping sender checks, attackers bypass allowFrom restrictions and channel user allowlists, enabling them to enqueue unauthorized system-event text into active sessions of other users.
Advisories recommend upgrading to OpenClaw 2026.2.25 or later to mitigate the issue, as detailed in the fixing commit at https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/ce8c67c314b93f570f53c2a9abc124e1e3a54715. Further guidance appears in the GitHub Security Advisory at https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-x2ff-j5c2-ggpr and the Vulncheck advisory at https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-authorization-bypass-in-interactive-callbacks-via-sender-check-skip.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-13261
Vulnerability details
OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.25 fail to enforce sender authorization checks for interactive callbacks including block_action, view_submission, and view_closed in shared workspace deployments. Unauthorized workspace members can bypass allowFrom restrictions and channel user allowlists to enqueue system-event text into active…
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Authz bypass (CWE-863) in network-exposed app directly enables remote exploitation for privilege escalation (T1068) via T1190 on public-facing service; allows unauthorized callback injection bypassing allowlists.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Enforces approved authorizations for access to system resources, directly addressing the failure to perform sender authorization checks for interactive callbacks.
Requires explicit authorization decisions for system resources like interactive callbacks, preventing bypass of allowFrom restrictions and channel user allowlists by unauthorized senders.
Implements a tamper-proof reference monitor to mediate and enforce access control policies for all subjects and objects, mitigating sender check skips in shared workspace deployments.