CVE-2026-32971 OpenClaw < 2026.3.11 - Node-Host Approval UI Mismatch Allows Execution of Unintended Commands

OpenClaw before 2026.3.11 contains an approval-integrity vulnerability in node-host system.run approvals that displays extracted shell payloads instead of the executed argv. Attackers can place wrapper binaries and induce wrapper-shaped commands to execute local code after operators approve...

GHSA-WMGJ-HRX3-23GJ Duplicate Advisory: OpenClaw: Unbound interpreter and runtime commands could bypass node-host approval integrity

Duplicate Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-xf99-j42q-5w5p. This link is maintained to preserve external references. Original Description OpenClaw before 2026.3.11 contains an approval integrity vulnerability allowing attackers to execute rewritten local...

PT-2026-28453

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.11 Description An authorization bypass exists that allows authenticated operators with operator.write permission to access admin-only browser profile management routes via browser.request. This allows attacker...

PT-2026-28448

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.11 Description The software contains a session sandbox escape issue within the session status tool. This allows sandboxed subagents to access session state belonging to parent or sibling sessions. An attacker...

PT-2026-28458

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.11 Description The software contains an approval integrity issue that allows attackers to execute modified local code. This occurs by altering scripts between the approval stage and execution, specifically whe...

OpenClaw: Zalo webhook rate limiting could be bypassed before secret validation

Summary The Zalo webhook handler applied request rate limiting only after webhook authentication succeeded. Requests with an invalid secret returned 401 but did not count against the rate limiter, allowing repeated secret guesses without triggering 429. Impact This made brute-force guessing...

GHSA-2RQG-GJGV-84JM OpenClaw: Gateway `agent` calls could override the workspace boundary

Summary The public gateway agent RPC allowed an authenticated operator with operator.write to supply attacker-controlled spawnedBy and workspaceDir values. That let the caller re-root the agent run outside its configured workspace boundary. Impact A non-owner operator could escape the intended...

GHSA-F8R2-VG7X-GH8M OpenClaw: Exec approval allowlist patterns overmatched on POSIX paths

Summary matchesExecAllowlistPattern normalized patterns and targets with lowercasing and compiled glob matching too broadly on POSIX. In addition, the ? wildcard could match /, which allowed matches to cross path segments. Impact These matching rules could overmatch allowlist entries and permit...

OpenClaw: Unavailable local auth SecretRefs could fall through to remote credentials in local mode

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, local gateway helper credential resolution treated configured but unavailable gateway.auth.token and gateway.auth.password SecretRefs as if they were unset and could fall back to gateway.remote. credentials in local mode. Impact This could cause local CLI...

GHSA-MJ4P-RC52-M843 OpenClaw: Sandbox staged writes could escape the verified parent directory before commit

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, sandbox fs-bridge writes validated the destination before commit, but temporary file creation and population were not pinned to a verified parent directory. A raced parent-path alias change could cause the staged temp file to be created outside the intend...

GHSA-QC36-X95H-7J53 OpenClaw: Unrecognized script runners could bypass `system.run` approval integrity

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, node-host system.run approvals did not bind a mutable file operand for some script runners, including forms such as tsx and jiti. An attacker could obtain approval for a benign script-runner command, rewrite the referenced script on disk, and have the...

GHSA-8JHH-JCQG-MJ5P OpenClaw: Channel commands could bypass account-scoped `configWrites` restrictions

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, channel-initiated config mutations were authorized against the originating account's configWrites policy but did not consistently re-check the targeted account scope. An authorized sender on one account could mutate protected sibling-account configuration...

Missing Authorization

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authorization through the configWrites authorization. An attacker can modify protected configuration data of sibling accounts by issuing channel commands that target accounts with...

OpenClaw: Unbound interpreter and runtime commands could bypass node-host approval integrity

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, node-host system.run approvals could still execute rewritten local code for interpreter and runtime commands when OpenClaw could not bind exactly one concrete local file operand during approval planning. Impact Deployments using node-host system.run...

GHSA-4W7M-58CG-CMFF OpenClaw: Leaf subagents could steer sibling sessions across sandbox boundaries

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, sandboxed leaf subagents could still access the subagents control surface and resolve against the parent requester scope instead of remaining confined to their own session tree. Impact A low-privilege sandboxed leaf worker could steer or kill a sibling ru...

OpenClaw: Leaf subagents could steer sibling sessions across sandbox boundaries

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, sandboxed leaf subagents could still access the subagents control surface and resolve against the parent requester scope instead of remaining confined to their own session tree. Impact A low-privilege sandboxed leaf worker could steer or kill a sibling ru...

OpenClaw: Plugin subagent routes could bypass gateway authorization with synthetic admin scopes

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, the plugin subagent runtime dispatched gateway methods through a synthetic operator client that always carried broad administrative scopes. Plugin-owned HTTP routes using auth: "plugin" could therefore trigger admin-only gateway actions without normal...

GHSA-XW77-45GV-P728 OpenClaw: Plugin subagent routes could bypass gateway authorization with synthetic admin scopes

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, the plugin subagent runtime dispatched gateway methods through a synthetic operator client that always carried broad administrative scopes. Plugin-owned HTTP routes using auth: "plugin" could therefore trigger admin-only gateway actions without normal...

Origin Validation Error

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Origin Validation Error in the WebSocket connections when gateway.auth.mode is set to trusted-proxy and proxy headers are present. An attacker can gain unauthorized privileged access by...