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 HTTP endpoints for profile management. An attacker can read or modify sensitive profile information and persist unauthorized changes t...

GHSA-WFP2-V9C7-FH79 OpenClaw affected by SSRF via attachment/media URL hydration

Summary Versions of the openclaw npm package prior to 2026.2.2 could be coerced into fetching arbitrary https URLs during attachment/media hydration. An attacker who can influence the media URL for example via model-controlled sendAttachment or auto-reply media URLs could trigger SSRF to internal...

OpenClaw affected by SSRF via attachment/media URL hydration

Summary Versions of the openclaw npm package prior to 2026.2.2 could be coerced into fetching arbitrary https URLs during attachment/media hydration. An attacker who can influence the media URL for example via model-controlled sendAttachment or auto-reply media URLs could trigger SSRF to internal...

OpenClaw has a Telegram webhook request forgery (missing `channels.telegram.webhookSecret`) → auth bypass

Summary In Telegram webhook mode, if channels.telegram.webhookSecret is not set, OpenClaw may accept webhook HTTP requests without verifying Telegram’s secret token header. In deployments where the webhook endpoint is reachable by an attacker, this can allow forged Telegram updates for example...

GHSA-MP5H-M6QJ-6292 OpenClaw has a Telegram webhook request forgery (missing `channels.telegram.webhookSecret`) → auth bypass

Summary In Telegram webhook mode, if channels.telegram.webhookSecret is not set, OpenClaw may accept webhook HTTP requests without verifying Telegram’s secret token header. In deployments where the webhook endpoint is reachable by an attacker, this can allow forged Telegram updates for example...

GHSA-782P-5FR5-7FJ8 OpenClaw Affected by Remote Code Execution via System Prompt Injection in Slack Channel Descriptions

Summary When the Slack integration is enabled, Slack channel metadata topic/description could be incorporated into the model's system prompt. Impact Prompt injection is a documented risk for LLM-driven systems. This issue increased the injection surface by allowing untrusted Slack channel metadat...

OpenClaw Affected by Remote Code Execution via System Prompt Injection in Slack Channel Descriptions

Summary When the Slack integration is enabled, Slack channel metadata topic/description could be incorporated into the model's system prompt. Impact Prompt injection is a documented risk for LLM-driven systems. This issue increased the injection surface by allowing untrusted Slack channel metadat...

Arbitrary Code Injection

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection via the incorporation of untrusted Slack channel metadata into the system prompt. An attacker can execute unauthorized commands or access sensitive information by...

GHSA-XC7W-V5X6-CC87 OpenClaw has a webhook auth bypass when gateway is behind a reverse proxy (loopback remoteAddress trust)

Summary The BlueBubbles webhook handler previously treated any request whose socket remoteAddress was loopback 127.0.0.1, ::1, ::ffff:127.0.0.1 as authenticated. When OpenClaw Gateway is behind a reverse proxy Tailscale Serve/Funnel, nginx, Cloudflare Tunnel, ngrok, the proxy typically connects t...

OpenClaw has a webhook auth bypass when gateway is behind a reverse proxy (loopback remoteAddress trust)

Summary The BlueBubbles webhook handler previously treated any request whose socket remoteAddress was loopback 127.0.0.1, ::1, ::ffff:127.0.0.1 as authenticated. When OpenClaw Gateway is behind a reverse proxy Tailscale Serve/Funnel, nginx, Cloudflare Tunnel, ngrok, the proxy typically connects t...

GHSA-56F2-HVWG-5743 OpenClaw affected by SSRF in Image Tool Remote Fetch

Summary A server-side request forgery SSRF vulnerability in the Image tool allowed attackers to force OpenClaw to make HTTP requests to arbitrary internal or restricted network targets. Affected Versions - npm: openclaw = 2026.2.1 Patched Versions - npm: openclaw 2026.2.2 and later Fix Commits -...

OpenClaw affected by SSRF in Image Tool Remote Fetch

Summary A server-side request forgery SSRF vulnerability in the Image tool allowed attackers to force OpenClaw to make HTTP requests to arbitrary internal or restricted network targets. Affected Versions - npm: openclaw = 2026.2.1 Patched Versions - npm: openclaw 2026.2.2 and later Fix Commits -...

OpenClaw's Chrome extension relay binds publicly due to wildcard treated as loopback

Summary The Chrome extension relay ensureChromeExtensionRelayServer previously treated wildcard hosts 0.0.0.0 / :: as loopback, which could make it bind the relay HTTP/WS server to all interfaces when a wildcard cdpUrl was passed. Impact If configured with a wildcard cdpUrl, relay HTTP endpoints...

GHSA-QW99-GRCX-4PVM OpenClaw's Chrome extension relay binds publicly due to wildcard treated as loopback

Summary The Chrome extension relay ensureChromeExtensionRelayServer previously treated wildcard hosts 0.0.0.0 / :: as loopback, which could make it bind the relay HTTP/WS server to all interfaces when a wildcard cdpUrl was passed. Impact If configured with a wildcard cdpUrl, relay HTTP endpoints...

GHSA-3HCM-GGVF-RCH5 OpenClaw has an exec allowlist bypass via command substitution/backticks inside double quotes

Summary Exec approvals allowlist bypass via command substitution/backticks inside double quotes. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Affected: = 2026.2.2 Impact Only affects setups that explicitly enable the optional exec approvals allowlist feature. Default installs are...

OpenClaw has an exec allowlist bypass via command substitution/backticks inside double quotes

Summary Exec approvals allowlist bypass via command substitution/backticks inside double quotes. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Affected: = 2026.2.2 Impact Only affects setups that explicitly enable the optional exec approvals allowlist feature. Default installs are...

Command Injection

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection via the exec approvals allowlist when command substitution or backticks are used inside double quotes. An attacker can execute arbitrary commands by bypassing the intend...

GHSA-MR32-VWC2-5J6H OpenClaw's Browser Relay /cdp websocket is missing auth which could allow cross-tab cookie access

Summary In affected versions, the Browser Relay /cdp WebSocket endpoint did not require an authentication token. As a result, a website running in the browser could potentially connect to the local relay via loopback WebSocket and use CDP to access cookies from other open tabs and run JavaScript ...

OpenClaw's Browser Relay /cdp websocket is missing auth which could allow cross-tab cookie access

Summary In affected versions, the Browser Relay /cdp WebSocket endpoint did not require an authentication token. As a result, a website running in the browser could potentially connect to the local relay via loopback WebSocket and use CDP to access cookies from other open tabs and run JavaScript ...

Command Injection

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection via cmd.exe on Windows nodes when exec allowlist or approval gating is enabled. An attacker can execute unauthorized commands by crafting input that leverages Windows...