PT-2026-23558

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.15 Description The software contains an option injection flaw in the git-hooks/pre-commit hook. This allows attackers to stage files that are normally ignored by creating files that begin with dashes. The hook...

CVE-2026-28463: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain an arbitrary file read vulnerability in the exec-approvals allowlist validation that checks pre-expansion argv tokens but executes using real shell expansion. Attackers with authorization or through prompt-injection attacks can exploit safe binaries li...

OpenClaw security vulnerabilities

OpenClaw is an open source framework for data acquisition. A denial of service vulnerability exists in OpenClaw. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by triggering a memory exhaustion via an oversized response with no content-length, resulting in service unavailability...

CVE-2026-28475: Observable Timing Discrepancy

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.13 use non-constant-time string comparison for hook token validation, allowing attackers to infer tokens through timing measurements. Remote attackers with network access to the hooks endpoint can exploit timing side-channels across multiple requests to gradually...

OpenClaw data falsification vulnerability

OpenClaw is an open-source intelligent artificial assistant. Versions of OpenClaw prior to 2026.2.3 had a data manipulation vulnerability. This vulnerability stemmed from improper authentication in webhook verification, which could allow remote attackers to bypass the verification by using...

CVE-2026-28446: Incorrect Implementation of Authentication Algorithm

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.1 with the voice-call extension installed and enabled contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in inbound allowlist policy validation that accepts empty caller IDs and uses suffix-based matching instead of strict equality. Remote attackers can bypass inboun...

OpenClaw Access Control Vulnerability

OpenClaw is an intelligent artificial assistant open-sourced by OpenClaw. OpenClaw suffers from an Access Control Error vulnerability that stems from the gateway WebSocket connection handshake allowing device identity checks to be skipped when auth.token is present but not verified, which can be...

CVE-2026-28453: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 fail to validate TAR archive entry paths during extraction, allowing path traversal sequences to write files outside the intended directory. Attackers can craft malicious archives with traversal sequences like ../../ to write files outside extraction boundarie...

CVE-2026-28471: Improper Authentication

OpenClaw version 2026.1.14-1 prior to 2026.2.2, with the Matrix plugin installed and enabled, contain a vulnerability in which DM allowlist matching could be bypassed by exact-matching against sender display names and localparts without homeserver validation. Remote Matrix users can impersonate...

CVE-2026-28466: Incorrect Authorization

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain a vulnerability in the gateway in which it fails to sanitize internal approval fields in node.invoke parameters, allowing authenticated clients to bypass exec approval gating for system.run commands. Attackers with valid gateway credentials can inject...

CVE-2026-28392: Incorrect Authorization

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Slack slash-command handler that incorrectly authorizes any direct message sender when dmPolicy is set to open must be configured. Attackers can execute privileged slash commands via direct message to bypass...

CVE-2026-28486: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

OpenClaw versions 2026.1.16-2 prior to 2026.2.14 contain a path traversal vulnerability in archive extraction during installation commands that allows arbitrary file writes outside the intended directory. Attackers can craft malicious archives that, when extracted via skills install, hooks instal...

CVE-2026-28462: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.13 contain a vulnerability in the browser control API in which it accepts user-supplied output paths for trace and download files without consistently constraining writes to temporary directories. Attackers with API access can exploit path traversal in POST...

CVE-2026-28456: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

OpenClaw versions 2026.1.5 prior to 2026.2.14 contain a vulnerability in the Gateway in which it does not sufficiently constrain configured hook module paths before passing them to dynamic import, allowing code execution. An attacker with gateway configuration modification access can load and...

CVE-2026-28454: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.2 fail to validate webhook secrets in Telegram webhook mode must be enabled, allowing unauthenticated HTTP POST requests to the webhook endpoint that trust attacker-controlled JSON payloads. Remote attackers can forge Telegram updates by spoofing message.from.id...

CVE-2026-28481: Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data

OpenClaw versions 2026.1.30 and earlier, contain an information disclosure vulnerability, patched in 2026.2.1, in the MS Teams attachment downloader optional extension must be enabled that leaks bearer tokens to allowlisted suffix domains. When retrying downloads after receiving 401 or 403...

CVE-2026-28465: Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

OpenClaw's voice-call plugin versions before 2026.2.3 contain an improper authentication vulnerability in webhook verification that allows remote attackers to bypass verification by supplying untrusted forwarded headers. Attackers can spoof webhook events by manipulating Forwarded or X-Forwarded-...

CVE-2026-28395: Binding to an Unrestricted IP Address

OpenClaw version 2026.1.14-1 prior to 2026.2.12 contains an improper network binding vulnerability in the Chrome extension must be installed and enabled relay server that treats wildcard hosts as loopback addresses, allowing the relay HTTP/WS server to bind to all interfaces when a wildcard cdpUr...

CVE-2026-29613: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.12 contain a vulnerability in the BlueBubbles optional plugin webhook handler in which it authenticates requests based solely on loopback remoteAddress without validating forwarding headers, allowing bypass of configured webhook passwords. When the gateway operat...

CVE-2026-29606: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain a webhook signature-verification bypass in the voice-call extension that allows unauthenticated requests when the tunnel.allowNgrokFreeTierLoopbackBypass option is explicitly enabled. An external attacker can send forged requests to the publicly...