CVE-2026-28470: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.2 contain an exec approvals must be enabled allowlist bypass vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting command substitution syntax. Attackers can bypass the allowlist protection by embedding unescaped $ or backticks inside...

CVE-2026-28478: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.13 contain a denial of service vulnerability in webhook handlers that buffer request bodies without strict byte or time limits. Remote unauthenticated attackers can send oversized JSON payloads or slow uploads to webhook endpoints causing memory pressure and...

CVE-2026-28473: Incorrect Authorization

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.2 contain an authorization bypass vulnerability where clients with operator.write scope can approve or deny exec approval requests by sending the /approve chat command. The /approve command path invokes exec.approval.resolve through an internal privileged gateway...

CVE-2026-28482: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.12 construct transcript file paths using unsanitized sessionId parameters and sessionFile paths without enforcing directory containment. Authenticated attackers can exploit path traversal sequences like ../../etc/passwd in sessionId or sessionFile parameters to...

CVE-2026-28474: Incorrect Authorization

OpenClaw's Nextcloud Talk plugin versions prior to 2026.2.6 accept equality matching on the mutable actor.name display name field for allowlist validation, allowing attackers to bypass DM and room allowlists. An attacker can change their Nextcloud display name to match an allowlisted user ID and...

CVE-2026-28459: External Control of File Name or Path

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.12 fail to validate the sessionFile path parameter, allowing authenticated gateway clients to write transcript data to arbitrary locations on the host filesystem. Attackers can supply a sessionFile path outside the sessions directory to create files and append da...

CVE-2026-28452: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the extractArchive function within src/infra/archive.ts that allows attackers to consume excessive CPU, memory, and disk resources through high-expansion ZIP and TAR archives. Remote attackers can trigger resource...

CVE-2026-28451: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain server-side request forgery vulnerabilities in the Feishu extension that allow attackers to fetch attacker-controlled remote URLs without SSRF protections via sendMediaFeishu function and markdown image processing. Attackers can influence tool calls...

CVE-2026-29609: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the fetchWithGuard function that allocates entire response payloads in memory before enforcing maxBytes limits. Remote attackers can trigger memory exhaustion by serving oversized responses without content-length...

CVE-2026-28448: Improper Authorization

OpenClaw versions 2026.1.29 prior to 2026.2.1 contain a vulnerability in the Twitch plugin must be installed and enabled in which it fails to enforce the allowFrom allowlist when allowedRoles is unset or empty, allowing unauthorized Twitch users to trigger agent dispatch. Remote attackers can...

CVE-2026-28458: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

OpenClaw version 2026.1.20 prior to 2026.2.1 contains a vulnerability in the Browser Relay extension must be installed and enabled /cdp WebSocket endpoint in which it does not require authentication tokens, allowing websites to connect via loopback and access sensitive data. Attackers can exploit...

PT-2026-23559

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenClaw versions 2026.1.5 through 2026.2.11 Description The software does not enforce mandatory authentication on the /agent/act browser-control HTTP route. This allows unauthorized local callers to invoke privileged operations. Remote...

CVE-2026-29610: Uncontrolled Search Path Element

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain a command hijacking vulnerability that allows attackers to execute unintended binaries by manipulating PATH environment variables through node-host execution or project-local bootstrapping. Attackers with authenticated access to node-host execution...

CVE-2026-29611: External Control of File Name or Path

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain a local file inclusion vulnerability in BlueBubbles extension must be installed and enabled media path handling that allows attackers to read arbitrary files from the local filesystem. The sendBlueBubblesMedia function fails to validate mediaPath...

CVE-2026-28391: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.2 fail to properly validate Windows cmd.exe metacharacters in allowlist-gated exec requests non-default configuration, allowing attackers to bypass command approval restrictions. Remote attackers can craft command strings with shell metacharacters like & or %...%...

CVE-2026-28464: Observable Timing Discrepancy

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.12 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 code issues and vulnerabilities

OpenClaw is an open-source intelligent artificial assistant. Versions of OpenClaw prior to 2026.2.14 had code vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities stemmed from the optional Tlon Urbit extension, which had issues with server-side request forgeing attacks. The extension accepted basic URLs for...

OpenClaw security vulnerabilities

OpenClaw is an intelligent artificial assistant open-sourced by OpenClaw. OpenClaw suffers from a security vulnerability that stems from a Webhook routing issue in the Google Chat monitor component, which can be exploited by an attacker to cause cross-account policy context misrouting that bypass...

CVE-2026-29612: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 decode base64-backed media inputs into buffers before enforcing decoded-size budget limits, allowing attackers to trigger large memory allocations. Remote attackers can supply oversized base64 payloads to cause memory pressure and denial of service...

CVE-2026-28476: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain a server-side request forgery vulnerability in the optional Tlon Urbit extension that accepts user-provided base URLs for authentication without proper validation. Attackers who can influence the configured Urbit URL can induce the gateway to make HTTP...