GHSA-XF99-J42Q-5W5P OpenClaw: Unbound interpreter and runtime commands could bypass node-host approval integrity

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, node-host system.run approvals could still execute rewritten local code for interpreter and runtime commands when OpenClaw could not bind exactly one concrete local file operand during approval planning. Impact Deployments using node-host system.run...

OpenClaw: Leaf subagents could steer sibling sessions across sandbox boundaries

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, sandboxed leaf subagents could still access the subagents control surface and resolve against the parent requester scope instead of remaining confined to their own session tree. Impact A low-privilege sandboxed leaf worker could steer or kill a sibling ru...

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key through improper authorization in the subagents control. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to sibling session controls by issuing...

GHSA-4W7M-58CG-CMFF OpenClaw: Leaf subagents could steer sibling sessions across sandbox boundaries

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, sandboxed leaf subagents could still access the subagents control surface and resolve against the parent requester scope instead of remaining confined to their own session tree. Impact A low-privilege sandboxed leaf worker could steer or kill a sibling ru...

Incorrect Authorization

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization through the device.token.rotate process. An attacker can gain unauthorized administrative access and potentially execute arbitrary code on connected nodes by minti...

OpenClaw: Pairing-scoped device tokens could mint `operator.admin` and reach node RCE

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, a caller holding only operator.pairing could use device.token.rotate to mint a new token with broader scopes for an already paired device. If the target device was approved for operator.admin, the attacker could obtain an administrative token without...

GHSA-4JPW-HJ22-2XMC OpenClaw: Pairing-scoped device tokens could mint `operator.admin` and reach node RCE

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, a caller holding only operator.pairing could use device.token.rotate to mint a new token with broader scopes for an already paired device. If the target device was approved for operator.admin, the attacker could obtain an administrative token without...

OpenClaw: Plugin subagent routes could bypass gateway authorization with synthetic admin scopes

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, the plugin subagent runtime dispatched gateway methods through a synthetic operator client that always carried broad administrative scopes. Plugin-owned HTTP routes using auth: "plugin" could therefore trigger admin-only gateway actions without normal...

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authentication for Critical Function via the plugin subagent runtime dispatch gateway methods. An attacker can gain unauthorized administrative access by sending unauthenticated...

GHSA-XW77-45GV-P728 OpenClaw: Plugin subagent routes could bypass gateway authorization with synthetic admin scopes

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, the plugin subagent runtime dispatched gateway methods through a synthetic operator client that always carried broad administrative scopes. Plugin-owned HTTP routes using auth: "plugin" could therefore trigger admin-only gateway actions without normal...

OpenClaw: Sandbox `writeFile` commit could race outside the validated path

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, the sandbox fs-bridge writeFile commit step used an unanchored container path during the final move into place. An attacker racing parent-path changes inside the sandbox could redirect the committed file outside the validated sandbox path. Impact This is ...

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Time-of-check Time-of-use TOCTOU Race Condition through the writeFile commit path. An attacker can cause files to be written outside the intended sandbox path by exploiting a race conditi...

GHSA-XVX8-77M6-GWG6 OpenClaw: Sandbox `writeFile` commit could race outside the validated path

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, the sandbox fs-bridge writeFile commit step used an unanchored container path during the final move into place. An attacker racing parent-path changes inside the sandbox could redirect the committed file outside the validated sandbox path. Impact This is ...

PT-2026-29230

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.11 Description The software contains a credential fallback issue. When local gateway authentication tokens gateway.auth.token and passwords gateway.auth.password are unavailable, the system incorrectly falls...

PT-2026-26620

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.12 Description OpenClaw contains an authorization bypass issue in the WebSocket connect path. This flaw allows shared-token or password-authenticated connections to self-declare elevated scopes, such as...

Defensible Design for OpenClaw: Securing Autonomous Tool-Invoking Agents

OpenClaw-like agents offer substantial productivity benefits, yet they are insecure by default because they combine untrusted inputs, autonomous action, extensibility, and privileged system access within a single execution loop. We use OpenClaw as an exemplar of a broader class of agents that...

PT-2026-29231

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.11 Description The software contains an approval-integrity issue within the node-host system.run approvals functionality. This allows the display of extracted shell payloads instead of the executed arguments. ...

PT-2026-29226

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenClaw versions 2026.3.7 through 2026.3.10 Description The software contains an authorization bypass issue where plugin subagent routes execute gateway methods using a synthetic operator client with extensive administrative permissions...

OpenClaw 访问控制错误漏洞

OpenClaw is an intelligent artificial assistant open-sourced by OpenClaw. OpenClaw suffers from an Access Control Error vulnerability that stems from a browser-initiated WebSocket connection that can bypass origin authentication under certain configurations, which can be exploited by an attacker ...

PT-2026-29228

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.12 Description OpenClaw automatically discovers and loads plugins from the .OpenClaw/extensions/ directory without explicit trust verification. This allows for arbitrary code execution, as attackers can includ...