GHSA-W7J5-J98M-W679 OpenClaw has multiple E2E/test Dockerfiles that run all processes as root

Three Dockerfiles in scripts/docker/ and scripts/e2e/ lack a USER directive, meaning all processes run as uid 0 root. If any process is compromised, the attacker has root inside the container, making container breakout significantly easier. Partial fix 2026-02-08: Commit 28e1a65e added USER sandb...

OpenClaw has exec allowlist/safeBins policy-runtime mismatch via env -S wrapper interpretation

Summary tools.exec allowlist/safe-bins evaluation could diverge from runtime execution for wrapper commands using GNU env -S/--split-string semantics. This allowed policy checks to treat a command as a benign safe-bin invocation while runtime executed a different payload. Affected Packages /...

Interpretation Conflict

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Interpretation Conflict through a mismatch in policy and runtime interpretation of wrapper commands using GNU env -S semantics. An attacker can execute unintended commands by injecting...

GHSA-796M-2973-WC5Q OpenClaw has exec allowlist/safeBins policy-runtime mismatch via env -S wrapper interpretation

Summary tools.exec allowlist/safe-bins evaluation could diverge from runtime execution for wrapper commands using GNU env -S/--split-string semantics. This allowed policy checks to treat a command as a benign safe-bin invocation while runtime executed a different payload. Affected Packages /...

GHSA-7QF6-H84J-8FQ4 OpenClaw: Microsoft Teams media fetch paths bypass shared SSRF guard model

Impact Microsoft Teams media handling used mixed fetch paths for Graph metadata/content and attachment auth-retry flows. Some paths bypassed the shared SSRF guard model and created inconsistent host/DNS enforcement across redirect/fetch hops. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm -...

Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Overview @openclaw/msteams is an OpenClaw Microsoft Teams channel plugin Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Server-side Request Forgery SSRF via inconsistent enforcement of host and DNS policies in the media fetch process. An attacker can access internal network resources or...

OpenClaw: Microsoft Teams media fetch paths bypass shared SSRF guard model

Impact Microsoft Teams media handling used mixed fetch paths for Graph metadata/content and attachment auth-retry flows. Some paths bypassed the shared SSRF guard model and created inconsistent host/DNS enforcement across redirect/fetch hops. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm -...

GHSA-JMMG-JQC7-5QF4 OpenClaw's browser-origin WebSocket auth hardening gap could enable loopback password brute-force chains

This issue is a browser-origin WebSocket auth chain on local loopback deployments using password auth. It is serious, but conditional: an attacker must get the user to open a malicious page and then successfully guess the gateway password. Context and Preconditions OpenClaw’s web/gateway surface ...

OpenClaw's browser-origin WebSocket auth hardening gap could enable loopback password brute-force chains

This issue is a browser-origin WebSocket auth chain on local loopback deployments using password auth. It is serious, but conditional: an attacker must get the user to open a malicious page and then successfully guess the gateway password. Context and Preconditions OpenClaw’s web/gateway surface ...

GHSA-2RGF-HM63-5QPH OpenClaw improperly parses X-Forwarded-For behind trusted proxies allows client IP spoofing in security decisions

Summary OpenClaw used left-most X-Forwarded-For values when requests came from configured trusted proxies. In proxy chains that append/preserve header values, this could let attacker-controlled header content influence security decisions tied to client IP. Affected Packages / Versions - Package:...

Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Reliance on Untrusted Inputs in a Security Decision via improper parsing of the X-Forwarded-For header behind trusted proxies. An attacker can influence security decisions tied to client...

OpenClaw improperly parses X-Forwarded-For behind trusted proxies allows client IP spoofing in security decisions

Summary OpenClaw used left-most X-Forwarded-For values when requests came from configured trusted proxies. In proxy chains that append/preserve header values, this could let attacker-controlled header content influence security decisions tied to client IP. Affected Packages / Versions - Package:...

GHSA-7FF8-XJH3-MGH6 OpenClaw's non-default autoAllowSkills setting could bypass on-miss exec prompt

Summary In openclaw versions up to and including 2026.2.22-2, a non-default exec-approval configuration could allow a skill-name collision to bypass an ask=on-miss prompt. When autoAllowSkills=true, a path-scoped executable such as ./skill-bin could resolve to basename skill-bin, satisfy the skil...

Incorrect Authorization

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in the autoAllowSkills process. An attacker can execute unauthorized skills without operator approval by exploiting a skill-name collision when autoAllowSkills is...

OpenClaw's non-default autoAllowSkills setting could bypass on-miss exec prompt

Summary In openclaw versions up to and including 2026.2.22-2, a non-default exec-approval configuration could allow a skill-name collision to bypass an ask=on-miss prompt. When autoAllowSkills=true, a path-scoped executable such as ./skill-bin could resolve to basename skill-bin, satisfy the skil...

GHSA-XGF2-VXV2-RRMG OpenClaw's shell startup env injection bypasses system.run allowlist intent (RCE class)

Summary system.run environment sanitization allowed shell-startup env overrides HOME, ZDOTDIR that can execute attacker-controlled startup files before allowlist-evaluated command bodies. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Affected: = 2026.2.22 Technical Details In affected...

OpenClaw's shell startup env injection bypasses system.run allowlist intent (RCE class)

Summary system.run environment sanitization allowed shell-startup env overrides HOME, ZDOTDIR that can execute attacker-controlled startup files before allowlist-evaluated command bodies. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Affected: = 2026.2.22 Technical Details In affected...

Prototype Pollution

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution via the /debug set process. An attacker can modify in-memory runtime overrides by supplying prototype-reserved keys such as proto, constructor, or prototype if they ar...

GHSA-62F6-MRCJ-V8H5 OpenClaw's runtime /debug override path accepted prototype-reserved keys

Summary OpenClaw accepted prototype-reserved keys in runtime /debug set override object values proto, constructor, prototype. Impact /debug is disabled by default, and exploitation requires an already authorized /debug set caller. No unauthenticated vector was identified. This issue affects runti...

OpenClaw's runtime /debug override path accepted prototype-reserved keys

Summary OpenClaw accepted prototype-reserved keys in runtime /debug set override object values proto, constructor, prototype. Impact /debug is disabled by default, and exploitation requires an already authorized /debug set caller. No unauthenticated vector was identified. This issue affects runti...