OpenClaw security vulnerabilities

OpenClaw is an open-source intelligent artificial assistant. Versions of OpenClaw prior to 2026.2.2 had security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities stemmed from an authorization bypass issue. Clients with access to the operator.write scope could approve or reject approval requests by sending...

OpenClaw operating system command injection vulnerability

OpenClaw is an open-source intelligent artificial assistant. OpenClaw has a vulnerability related to operating system command injection. This vulnerability stems from the exec-approvals permission list validation mechanism, which checks the argv tokens in a pre-expanded manner but actually execut...

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 fact that Browser Relay's /cdp WebSocket endpoint does not require an authentication token, which can be exploited by an attacker to connect in...

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-2026-28453: 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...

OpenClaw path traversal vulnerability

OpenClaw is an intelligent artificial assistant open-sourced by OpenClaw. OpenClaw suffers from a path traversal vulnerability that stems from not validating the path of an entry when extracting a TAR archive, which can be exploited by an attacker to write a file outside the expected directory vi...

OpenClaw Access Control Vulnerability

OpenClaw is an open-source intelligent artificial assistant. Versions of OpenClaw prior to 2026.2.12 had a access control vulnerability. This vulnerability stemmed from the Nostr plugin exposing unvalidated HTTP endpoints, which could allow remote attackers to read sensitive configuration file da...

CVE-2026-28450: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.12 with the optional Nostr plugin enabled expose unauthenticated HTTP endpoints at /api/channels/nostr/:accountId/profile and /api/channels/nostr/:accountId/profile/import that allow reading and modifying Nostr profiles without gateway authentication. Remote...

CVE-2026-28472: Missing Authentication for Critical Function

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.2 contain a vulnerability in the gateway WebSocket connect handshake in which it allows skipping device identity checks when auth.token is present but not validated. Attackers can connect to the gateway without providing device identity or pairing by exploiting t...

CVE-2026-28447: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

OpenClaw versions 2026.1.29-beta.1 prior to 2026.2.1 contain a path traversal vulnerability in plugin installation that allows malicious plugin package names to escape the extensions directory. Attackers can craft scoped package names containing path traversal sequences like .. to write files...

Incorrect Authorization

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in the isAllowedParsedChatSender process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to direct messaging or reaction features by sending messages from an untrusted...

OpenClaw: BlueBubbles (optional plugin) pairing/allowlist mismatch when allowFrom is empty

Summary BlueBubbles is an optional OpenClaw channel plugin. A configuration-sensitive access-control mismatch allowed DM senders to be treated as authorized when dmPolicy was pairing or allowlist and allowFrom was empty/unset. Severity Rationale Medium Severity is set to medium because: - this...

GHSA-JWF4-8WF4-JF2M OpenClaw: BlueBubbles (optional plugin) pairing/allowlist mismatch when allowFrom is empty

Summary BlueBubbles is an optional OpenClaw channel plugin. A configuration-sensitive access-control mismatch allowed DM senders to be treated as authorized when dmPolicy was pairing or allowlist and allowFrom was empty/unset. Severity Rationale Medium Severity is set to medium because: - this...

Directory Traversal

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Directory Traversal via the extractToolResultMediaPaths process. An attacker can access and exfiltrate sensitive files from the system's temporary directory or other allowed local roots b...

Symlink Attack

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack in the tools.fs.workspaceOnly process when hardlink aliases inside the workspace reference files outside the workspace boundary. An attacker can access or modify files...

OpenClaw: Hardlink alias checks could bypass workspace-only file boundaries in specific configurations

Summary In certain workspace-restricted configurations, OpenClaw could follow hardlink aliases inside the workspace that reference files outside the workspace boundary. By default, tools.fs.workspaceOnly is off. This primarily affects deployments that intentionally enable workspace-only filesyste...

GHSA-3JX4-Q2M7-R496 OpenClaw: Hardlink alias checks could bypass workspace-only file boundaries in specific configurations

Summary In certain workspace-restricted configurations, OpenClaw could follow hardlink aliases inside the workspace that reference files outside the workspace boundary. By default, tools.fs.workspaceOnly is off. This primarily affects deployments that intentionally enable workspace-only filesyste...

Reliance on IP Address for Authentication

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Reliance on IP Address for Authentication in the authorizeCanvasRequest process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to canvas endpoints and sensitive interface content by sending HT...

OpenClaw Canvas Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

ZDI-CAN-29311: OpenClaw Canvas Authentication Bypass Vulnerability -- ABSTRACT ------------------------------------- Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative has identified a vulnerability affecting the following products: OpenClaw - OpenClaw -- VULNERABILITY DETAILS ------------------------ Version...

GHSA-VVJH-F6P9-5VCF OpenClaw Canvas Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

ZDI-CAN-29311: OpenClaw Canvas Authentication Bypass Vulnerability -- ABSTRACT ------------------------------------- Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative has identified a vulnerability affecting the following products: OpenClaw - OpenClaw -- VULNERABILITY DETAILS ------------------------ Version...