CVE-2026-35656

April 10, 2026, 5:17 p.m.

6.3
Medium

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the X-Forwarded-For header processing when trustedProxies is configured, allowing attackers to spoof loopback hops. Remote attackers can inject forged forwarding headers to bypass canvas authentication and rate-limiting protections by masquerading as loopback clients.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Openclaw
  • Openclaw
  • <2026.3.22

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-290
Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a openclaw openclaw <2026.3.22 / / / / / /

References

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/630f1479c44f78484dfa21bb407cbe6f171dac87
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/fc2d29ea926f47c428c556e92ec981441228d2a4
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-844j-xrrq-wgh4
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-xff-loopback-spoofing-bypass-in-canvas-authentication-and-rate-limiter

Tags

CWE-290
[email protected]
2026-04-10
CVE-2026-35656

CVSS Score

6.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Attack Requirements: PRESENT
  • Privileges Required: NONE
  • User Interaction: NONE
  • Scope:
  • Confidentiality Impact: LOW
  • Integrity Impact: LOW
  • Availability Impact: NONE
  • Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

    • CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/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

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Timeline

Published: April 10, 2026, 5:17 p.m.
Last Modified: April 10, 2026, 5:17 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

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