OpenClaw: Gateway plugin HTTP `auth: gateway` widens identity-bearing `operator.read` requests into runtime `operator.write`

Impact

Gateway plugin HTTP auth: gateway widens identity-bearing operator.read requests into runtime operator.write.

Plugin HTTP routes using gateway auth could receive runtime write scopes even when the upstream trusted-proxy request only declared read.

OpenClaw is a user-controlled local assistant. This advisory is scoped to the OpenClaw trust model and does not assume a multi-tenant service boundary.

Affected Packages / Versions

• Package: openclaw (npm)
• Affected versions: 2026.1.29
• Patched versions: 2026.4.8

Fix

The issue was fixed on main and is available in the patched npm version listed above. The verified fixed tree is commit d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5.

Verification

The fix was re-checked against main before publication, including targeted regression tests for the affected security boundary.

Credits

Thanks @smaeljaish771 for reporting.