OpenClaw: safeBins static default trusted dirs allow writable-dir binary hijack (`jq`)

Summary In openclaw= 2026.2.24 planned next npm release - Latest published npm version at triage time 2026-02-24: 2026.2.23 Root Cause - Default safe-bin trusted directories included package-manager/user-managed paths. - Trust decision was directory-membership only for resolved executable paths...

Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data Data Amplification in the skills-install-download process when handling .tar.bz2 archives due to bypassed archive safety parity checks. An...

GHSA-77HF-7FQF-F227 OpenClaw skills-install-download: tar.bz2 extraction bypassed archive safety parity checks (local DoS)

Summary The tar.bz2 installer path in src/agents/skills-install-download.ts used shell tar preflight/extract logic that did not share the same hardening guarantees as the centralized archive extractor. This allowed crafted .tar.bz2 archives to bypass special-entry blocking and extracted-size...

OpenClaw skills-install-download: tar.bz2 extraction bypassed archive safety parity checks (local DoS)

Summary The tar.bz2 installer path in src/agents/skills-install-download.ts used shell tar preflight/extract logic that did not share the same hardening guarantees as the centralized archive extractor. This allowed crafted .tar.bz2 archives to bypass special-entry blocking and extracted-size...

Incorrect Authorization

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in the agentCommand process when the senderIsOwner parameter is omitted, causing it to default to true. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to owner-only tool...

GHSA-WPG9-4G4V-F9RC OpenClaw: Discord voice transcript owner-flag omission could expose owner-only tools in mixed-trust channels

Summary In [email protected], the Discord voice transcript path called agentCommand... without senderIsOwner, and agentCommand defaults missing senderIsOwner to true. This could allow a non-owner voice participant in the same channel to reach owner-only tool surfaces gateway, cron during voice...

Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Privilege Assignment via the sessionsspawn process when using runtime="acp" in a sandboxed environment. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to host-side ACP initialization ...

GHSA-474H-PRJG-MMW3 OpenClaw: Sandboxed sessions_spawn(runtime="acp") bypassed sandbox inheritance and allowed host ACP initialization

Summary Sandboxed sessionsspawnruntime="acp" could bypass sandbox inheritance and initialize host-side ACP runtime. The fix now fail-closes ACP spawn from sandboxed requester sessions and rejects sandbox="require" for runtime="acp". Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Latest...

OpenClaw: Sandboxed sessions_spawn(runtime="acp") bypassed sandbox inheritance and allowed host ACP initialization

Summary Sandboxed sessionsspawnruntime="acp" could bypass sandbox inheritance and initialize host-side ACP runtime. The fix now fail-closes ACP spawn from sandboxed requester sessions and rejects sandbox="require" for runtime="acp". Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Latest...

GHSA-V865-P3GQ-HW6M OpenClaw has encoded-path auth bypass in plugin `/api/channels` route classification

Summary Updated March 2, 2026 Encoded alternate-path requests could bypass plugin route auth checks for /api/channels/ due to canonicalization depth mismatch in vulnerable builds. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Latest published vulnerable version: 2026.3.1 - Affected range...

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel via the route classification process. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to protected API endpoints by submitting requests...

OpenClaw has encoded-path auth bypass in plugin `/api/channels` route classification

Summary Updated March 2, 2026 Encoded alternate-path requests could bypass plugin route auth checks for /api/channels/ due to canonicalization depth mismatch in vulnerable builds. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Latest published vulnerable version: 2026.3.1 - Affected range...

Incorrect Authorization

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization via the dm reaction notification process. An attacker can bypass authorization checks and enqueue unauthorized reaction-derived system events by reacting to...

GHSA-354R-7MFH-7RH2 OpenClaw: Discord DM reaction ingress missed dmPolicy/allowFrom checks in restricted setups

Summary In OpenClaw = 2026.2.25 Fix Commits - aedf62ac7e669a89c7b299201bf6537dc6b12e0e Release Process Note patchedversions is pre-set to the release 2026.2.25 so after npm release the advisory is published. Thanks @tdjackey for reporting...

OpenClaw: Discord DM reaction ingress missed dmPolicy/allowFrom checks in restricted setups

Summary In OpenClaw = 2026.2.25 Fix Commits - aedf62ac7e669a89c7b299201bf6537dc6b12e0e Release Process Note patchedversions is pre-set to the release 2026.2.25 so after npm release the advisory is published. Thanks @tdjackey for reporting...

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 ZIP extraction process. An attacker can cause files to be written outside the intended extraction directory by exploiting a race...

GHSA-R54R-WMMQ-MH84 OpenClaw: ZIP extraction race could write outside destination via parent symlink rebind

Summary ZIP extraction in OpenClaw could be raced into writing outside the intended destination directory via parent-directory symlink rebind between validation and write. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Vulnerable versions: = 2026.3.1 - Latest published vulnerable version...

OpenClaw: ZIP extraction race could write outside destination via parent symlink rebind

Summary ZIP extraction in OpenClaw could be raced into writing outside the intended destination directory via parent-directory symlink rebind between validation and write. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Vulnerable versions: = 2026.3.1 - Latest published vulnerable version...

GHSA-3PXQ-F3CP-JMXP OpenClaw: Unified root-bound write hardening for browser output and related path-boundary flows

Summary A path-confinement bypass in browser output handling allowed writes outside intended roots in openclaw versions up to and including 2026.3.1. The fix unifies root-bound, file-descriptor-verified write semantics and canonical path-boundary validation across browser output and related...

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 improper validation of file paths in browser output handling. An attacker can write files outside of intended directory boundaries by...