OpenClaw's system.run allowlist approval parsing missed PowerShell encoded-command wrappers

OpenClaw's system.run shell-wrapper detection did not recognize PowerShell -EncodedCommand forms as inline-command wrappers. In allowlist mode, a caller with access to system.run could invoke pwsh or powershell using -EncodedCommand, -enc, or -e, and the request would fall back to plain argv...

Incorrect Authorization

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in the system.run process when PowerShell encoded-command wrappers such as -EncodedCommand, -enc, or -e are used. An attacker can bypass approval mechanisms and...

GHSA-J425-WHC4-4JGC OpenClaw's `system.run` env override filtering allowed dangerous helper-command pivots

Summary system.run env override sanitization allowed dangerous override-only helper-command pivots to reach subprocesses. A caller who could invoke system.run with env overrides could bypass allowlist/approval intent by steering an allowlisted tool through helper-command or config-loading...

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 via the system.run process. An attacker can bypass intended allowlist or approval mechanisms by supplying crafted environment variable...

OpenClaw's `system.run` env override filtering allowed dangerous helper-command pivots

Summary system.run env override sanitization allowed dangerous override-only helper-command pivots to reach subprocesses. A caller who could invoke system.run with env overrides could bypass allowlist/approval intent by steering an allowlisted tool through helper-command or config-loading...

Improper Control of Interaction Frequency

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Control of Interaction Frequency via the hooks HTTP handler. An attacker can cause temporary lockout of legitimate webhook delivery by sending repeated non-POST requests with...

OpenClaw's hooks count non-POST requests toward auth lockout

OpenClaw's hooks HTTP handler counted hook authentication failures before rejecting unsupported HTTP methods. An unauthenticated client could send repeated non-POST requests for example GET with an invalid token to consume the hook auth failure budget and trigger the temporary lockout window for...

GHSA-6RMX-GVVG-VH6J OpenClaw's hooks count non-POST requests toward auth lockout

OpenClaw's hooks HTTP handler counted hook authentication failures before rejecting unsupported HTTP methods. An unauthenticated client could send repeated non-POST requests for example GET with an invalid token to consume the hook auth failure budget and trigger the temporary lockout window for...

Use of GET Request Method With Sensitive Query Strings

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use of GET Request Method With Sensitive Query Strings via the process that appends authentication material to the browser URL query string and persists it in browser localStorage. An...

GHSA-RCHV-X836-W7XP OpenClaw's dashboard leaked gateway auth material via browser URL/query and localStorage

OpenClaw's macOS Dashboard flow exposed Gateway authentication material to browser-controlled surfaces. Before the fix, the macOS app appended the shared Gateway token and password to the Dashboard URL query string when opening the Control UI in the browser. The Control UI then imported the token...

OpenClaw's dashboard leaked gateway auth material via browser URL/query and localStorage

OpenClaw's macOS Dashboard flow exposed Gateway authentication material to browser-controlled surfaces. Before the fix, the macOS app appended the shared Gateway token and password to the Dashboard URL query string when opening the Control UI in the browser. The Control UI then imported the token...

A week in security (March 2 – March 8)

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PT-2026-27245

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.7 Description OpenClaw’s fetchWithSsrFGuard... function improperly validates headers during cross-origin redirects, allowing custom authorization headers like X-Api-Key and Private-Token to be forwarded to a...

PT-2026-27222

OpenClaw's system.run dispatch-wrapper handling applied different depth-boundary rules to shell-wrapper approval detection and execution planning. With exactly four transparent dispatch wrappers such as repeated env invocations before /bin/sh -c, the approval classifier could stop treating the...

How AI Assistants are Moving the Security Goalposts

AI-based assistants or "agents" -- autonomous programs that have access to the user's computer, files, online services and can automate virtually any task -- are growing in popularity with developers and IT workers. But as so many eyebrow-raising headlines over the past few weeks have shown, thes...

CVE-2026-29606

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain a webhook signature-verification bypass in the voice-call extension that allows unauthenticated requests when the tunnel.allowNgrokFreeTierLoopbackBypass option is explicitly enabled. An external attacker can send forged requests to the publicly...

CVE-2026-29612

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-2026-28452

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-2026-28476

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...

CVE-2026-28467

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.2 contain a server-side request forgery vulnerability in attachment and media URL hydration that allows remote attackers to fetch arbitrary HTTPS URLs. Attackers who can influence media URLs through model-controlled sendAttachment or auto-reply mechanisms can...