GHSA-RW39-5899-8MXP OpenClaw: Node-host approvals could show misleading shell payloads instead of the executed argv

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, node-host system.run approvals could display only an extracted shell payload such as jq --version while execution still ran a different outer wrapper argv such as ./env sh -c 'jq --version'. Impact This is an approval-integrity bug. An attacker who could...

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...

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Time-of-check Time-of-use TOCTOU Race Condition via the system.run process. An attacker can execute unintended local code as the runtime user by modifying an approved local script after...

GHSA-XF99-J42Q-5W5P 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...

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...

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...

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key through improper authorization in the subagents control. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to sibling session controls by issuing...

OpenClaw: Pairing-scoped device tokens could mint `operator.admin` and reach node RCE

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, a caller holding only operator.pairing could use device.token.rotate to mint a new token with broader scopes for an already paired device. If the target device was approved for operator.admin, the attacker could obtain an administrative token without...

Incorrect Authorization

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization through the device.token.rotate process. An attacker can gain unauthorized administrative access and potentially execute arbitrary code on connected nodes by minti...

GHSA-4JPW-HJ22-2XMC OpenClaw: Pairing-scoped device tokens could mint `operator.admin` and reach node RCE

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, a caller holding only operator.pairing could use device.token.rotate to mint a new token with broader scopes for an already paired device. If the target device was approved for operator.admin, the attacker could obtain an administrative token without...

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...

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 plugin subagent runtime dispatch gateway methods. An attacker can gain unauthorized administrative access by sending unauthenticated...

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...

OpenClaw: Sandbox `writeFile` commit could race outside the validated path

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, the sandbox fs-bridge writeFile commit step used an unanchored container path during the final move into place. An attacker racing parent-path changes inside the sandbox could redirect the committed file outside the validated sandbox path. Impact This is ...

GHSA-XVX8-77M6-GWG6 OpenClaw: Sandbox `writeFile` commit could race outside the validated path

Summary In affected versions of openclaw, the sandbox fs-bridge writeFile commit step used an unanchored container path during the final move into place. An attacker racing parent-path changes inside the sandbox could redirect the committed file outside the validated sandbox path. Impact This is ...

Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Time-of-check Time-of-use TOCTOU Race Condition through the writeFile commit path. An attacker can cause files to be written outside the intended sandbox path by exploiting a race conditi...

PT-2026-26620

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.12 Description OpenClaw contains an authorization bypass issue in the WebSocket connect path. This flaw allows shared-token or password-authenticated connections to self-declare elevated scopes, such as...

Defensible Design for OpenClaw: Securing Autonomous Tool-Invoking Agents

OpenClaw-like agents offer substantial productivity benefits, yet they are insecure by default because they combine untrusted inputs, autonomous action, extensibility, and privileged system access within a single execution loop. We use OpenClaw as an exemplar of a broader class of agents that...

PT-2026-29230

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.11 Description The software contains a credential fallback issue. When local gateway authentication tokens gateway.auth.token and passwords gateway.auth.password are unavailable, the system incorrectly falls...

OpenClaw 访问控制错误漏洞

OpenClaw is an intelligent artificial assistant open-sourced by OpenClaw. OpenClaw suffers from an Access Control Error vulnerability that stems from a browser-initiated WebSocket connection that can bypass origin authentication under certain configurations, which can be exploited by an attacker ...