GHSA-8FMP-37RC-P5G7 OpenClaw's config env vars allowed startup env injection into service runtime

Summary OpenClaw allowed dangerous process-control environment variables from env.vars for example NODEOPTIONS, LD, DYLD to flow into gateway service runtime environments, enabling startup-time code execution in the OpenClaw process context. Details collectConfigEnvVars accepted unfiltered keys...

OpenClaw's shell env fallback trusts unvalidated SHELL path from host environment

The shell environment fallback path could invoke an attacker-controlled shell when SHELL was inherited from an untrusted host environment. In affected builds, shell-env loading used $SHELL -l -c 'env -0' without validating that SHELL points to a trusted executable. In threat-model terms, this...

Untrusted Search Path

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Untrusted Search Path through the SHELL environment variable fallback. An attacker can execute arbitrary commands by supplying a malicious path in the SHELL environment variable, which is...

OpenClaw's tools.exec.safeBins trusted PATH directories allowed binary shadowing in allowlist mode

Summary In openclaw allowlist mode, tools.exec.safeBins trusted PATH-derived directories for safe-bin resolution. A same-name binary placed in a trusted PATH directory could satisfy safe-bin checks and execute. Impact This is an allowlist bypass in exec policy that can lead to command execution i...

Untrusted Search Path

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Untrusted Search Path via tools.exec.safeBins. An attacker can execute arbitrary commands by placing a malicious binary with the same name as a trusted binary in a PATH-derived directory...

GHSA-QHRR-GRQP-6X2G OpenClaw's tools.exec.safeBins trusted PATH directories allowed binary shadowing in allowlist mode

Summary In openclaw allowlist mode, tools.exec.safeBins trusted PATH-derived directories for safe-bin resolution. A same-name binary placed in a trusted PATH directory could satisfy safe-bin checks and execute. Impact This is an allowlist bypass in exec policy that can lead to command execution i...

GHSA-RM2P-J3R7-4X4J OpenClaw's Slack reaction/pin sender-policy consistency issue in non-message ingress

Summary OpenClaw Slack monitor handled reaction and pin non-message events before applying sender-policy checks consistently. In affected versions, these events could be added to system-event context even when sender policy would not normally allow them. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: np...

OpenClaw's Slack reaction/pin sender-policy consistency issue in non-message ingress

Summary OpenClaw Slack monitor handled reaction and pin non-message events before applying sender-policy checks consistently. In affected versions, these events could be added to system-event context even when sender policy would not normally allow them. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: np...

Incorrect Authorization

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization via system.run. An attacker can execute hidden commands under misleading approval or display text by supplying additional positional argv payloads that are not...

GHSA-6RCP-VXWF-3MFP OpenClaw's system.run shell-wrapper positional argv carriers could execute hidden commands under misleading approval text

Summary In openclaw up to and including 2026.2.23 latest npm release as of February 25, 2026, system.run shell-wrapper inputs could present misleading approval/display text while still carrying hidden positional argv payloads that execute at runtime. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: opencl...

OpenClaw's system.run shell-wrapper positional argv carriers could execute hidden commands under misleading approval text

Summary In openclaw up to and including 2026.2.23 latest npm release as of February 25, 2026, system.run shell-wrapper inputs could present misleading approval/display text while still carrying hidden positional argv payloads that execute at runtime. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: opencl...

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 via system.run when a mutable symlink is used as the cwd target between approval and execution. An attacker can execute commands in an...

GHSA-MWCG-WFQ3-4GJC OpenClaw's system.run approval TOCTOU via mutable symlink cwd target on node host

Summary In [email protected], approval-bound system.run on node hosts could be influenced by mutable symlink cwd targets between approval and execution. Details Approval matching on the gateway validated command/argv and binding fields, including cwd, as provided text. Node execution later used...

OpenClaw's system.run approval TOCTOU via mutable symlink cwd target on node host

Summary In [email protected], approval-bound system.run on node hosts could be influenced by mutable symlink cwd targets between approval and execution. Details Approval matching on the gateway validated command/argv and binding fields, including cwd, as provided text. Node execution later used...

OpenClaw's andbox browser noVNC observer lacked VNC authentication

The sandbox browser entrypoint launched x11vnc without authentication -nopw for noVNC observer sessions. OpenClaw-managed runtime flow publishes the noVNC port to host loopback only 127.0.0.1, so default exposure is local to the host unless operators explicitly expose the port more broadly or run...

GHSA-JV6R-27WW-4GW4 OpenClaw DM pairing-store identities could satisfy group allowlist authorization

Summary DM pairing-store identities were incorrectly eligible for group allowlist authorization checks, enabling cross-context authorization in group message paths. Details In affected versions, group allowlist evaluation could inherit identities from the DM pairing store. A sender approved via D...

OpenClaw DM pairing-store identities could satisfy group allowlist authorization

Summary DM pairing-store identities were incorrectly eligible for group allowlist authorization checks, enabling cross-context authorization in group message paths. Details In affected versions, group allowlist evaluation could inherit identities from the DM pairing store. A sender approved via D...

GHSA-CCG8-46R6-9QGJ OpenClaw's dispatch-wrapper depth-cap mismatch can bypass shell-wrapper approval gating in system.run allowlist mode

Summary A wrapper-depth parsing mismatch in system.run allowed nested transparent dispatch wrappers for example repeated /usr/bin/env to suppress shell-wrapper detection while still matching allowlist resolution. In security=allowlist + ask=on-miss, this could bypass the expected approval prompt...

GHSA-VQX8-9XXW-F2M7 OpenClaw's voice-call Twilio webhook replay could bypass manager dedupe because normalized event IDs were randomized per parse

Impact Twilio webhook replay events could bypass voice-call manager dedupe because normalized event IDs were randomized per parse. A replayed event could be treated as new and trigger duplicate or stale call-state transitions. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Vulnerable...

OpenClaw's voice-call Twilio webhook replay could bypass manager dedupe because normalized event IDs were randomized per parse

Impact Twilio webhook replay events could bypass voice-call manager dedupe because normalized event IDs were randomized per parse. A replayed event could be treated as new and trigger duplicate or stale call-state transitions. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Vulnerable...