OpenClaw's config env vars allowed startup env injection into service runtime

Summary OpenClaw allowed dangerous process-control environment variables from env.vars for example NODEOPTIONS, LD, DYLD to flow into gateway service runtime environments, enabling startup-time code execution in the OpenClaw process context. Details collectConfigEnvVars accepted unfiltered keys...

OpenClaw's shell env fallback trusts unvalidated SHELL path from host environment

The shell environment fallback path could invoke an attacker-controlled shell when SHELL was inherited from an untrusted host environment. In affected builds, shell-env loading used $SHELL -l -c 'env -0' without validating that SHELL points to a trusted executable. In threat-model terms, this...

OpenClaw's tools.exec.safeBins trusted PATH directories allowed binary shadowing in allowlist mode

Summary In openclaw allowlist mode, tools.exec.safeBins trusted PATH-derived directories for safe-bin resolution. A same-name binary placed in a trusted PATH directory could satisfy safe-bin checks and execute. Impact This is an allowlist bypass in exec policy that can lead to command execution i...

OpenClaw's Slack reaction/pin sender-policy consistency issue in non-message ingress

Summary OpenClaw Slack monitor handled reaction and pin non-message events before applying sender-policy checks consistently. In affected versions, these events could be added to system-event context even when sender policy would not normally allow them. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: np...

OpenClaw's system.run shell-wrapper positional argv carriers could execute hidden commands under misleading approval text

Summary In openclaw up to and including 2026.2.23 latest npm release as of February 25, 2026, system.run shell-wrapper inputs could present misleading approval/display text while still carrying hidden positional argv payloads that execute at runtime. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: opencl...

OpenClaw's system.run approval TOCTOU via mutable symlink cwd target on node host

Summary In [email protected], approval-bound system.run on node hosts could be influenced by mutable symlink cwd targets between approval and execution. Details Approval matching on the gateway validated command/argv and binding fields, including cwd, as provided text. Node execution later used...

OpenClaw's andbox browser noVNC observer lacked VNC authentication

The sandbox browser entrypoint launched x11vnc without authentication -nopw for noVNC observer sessions. OpenClaw-managed runtime flow publishes the noVNC port to host loopback only 127.0.0.1, so default exposure is local to the host unless operators explicitly expose the port more broadly or run...

OpenClaw DM pairing-store identities could satisfy group allowlist authorization

Summary DM pairing-store identities were incorrectly eligible for group allowlist authorization checks, enabling cross-context authorization in group message paths. Details In affected versions, group allowlist evaluation could inherit identities from the DM pairing store. A sender approved via D...

OpenClaw's dispatch-wrapper depth-cap mismatch can bypass shell-wrapper approval gating in system.run allowlist mode

Summary A wrapper-depth parsing mismatch in system.run allowed nested transparent dispatch wrappers for example repeated /usr/bin/env to suppress shell-wrapper detection while still matching allowlist resolution. In security=allowlist + ask=on-miss, this could bypass the expected approval prompt...

OpenClaw's voice-call Twilio webhook replay could bypass manager dedupe because normalized event IDs were randomized per parse

Impact Twilio webhook replay events could bypass voice-call manager dedupe because normalized event IDs were randomized per parse. A replayed event could be treated as new and trigger duplicate or stale call-state transitions. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Vulnerable...

OpenClaw safeBins grep -e File Read Bypass (stdin-only policy bypass)

Summary OpenClaw tools.exec.safeBins had a stdin-only policy bypass for grep. If pattern input was supplied through -e / --regexp, the validator consumed the pattern as a flag value and still allowed one positional operand. That positional could be a bare filename like .env. Affected Packages /...

OpenClaw: Unauthorized Telegram Senders Trigger Media Download and Disk Write Before Access Check

Impact In Telegram DM mode, inbound media was downloaded and written to disk before sender authorization checks completed. An unauthorized sender could trigger inbound media download/write activity including media groups even when DM access should be denied. Affected Packages / Versions - Package...

OpenClaw: Native prompt image auto-load did not honor tools.fs.workspaceOnly in sandboxed runs

Summary In sandboxed runs, native prompt image auto-load did not honor tools.fs.workspaceOnly=true. This optional hardening setting is not enabled by default. When operators enabled it, prompt text could still reference mounted out-of-workspace image paths for example /agent/secret.png and load...

OpenClaw's non-default safeBins sort configuration can bypass intended allowlist approval constraints

When sort is explicitly added to tools.exec.safeBins non-default, the --compress-program option can invoke an external helper and bypass the intended safe-bin approval constraints in allowlist mode. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Vulnerable versions: =2026.2.22. Once that...

OpenClaw has gateway plugin auth bypass via encoded dot-segment traversal in protected /api/channels paths

Summary Gateway plugin route auth protection for /api/channels could be bypassed using encoded dot-segment traversal for example ..%2f in path variants that plugin handlers normalize. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: npm openclaw - Latest published vulnerable version: 2026.2.25 - Vulnerabl...

OpenClaw's gateway tokenless Tailscale auth applied to HTTP routes

Summary When tokenless Tailscale auth is enabled, OpenClaw should only allow forwarded-header auth for Control UI websocket authentication on trusted hosts. In affected versions, that tokenless path could also be used by HTTP gateway auth call sites, which could bypass token/password requirements...

OpenClaw vulnerable to path traversal in Feishu media temp-file naming allows writes outside os.tmpdir()

Summary OpenClaw’s Feishu media download flow used untrusted Feishu media keys imageKey / fileKey when building temporary file paths in extensions/feishu/src/media.ts. Because those keys were interpolated directly into temp-file paths, traversal segments could escape the temp directory and redire...

DOMPurify contains a Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

DOMPurify 3.1.3 through 3.2.6 and 2.5.3 through 2.5.8 contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass attribute sanitization by exploiting missing textarea rawtext element validation in the SAFEFORXML regex. Attackers can include closing rawtext tags like in attribute...

DOMPurify contains a Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

DOMPurify 3.1.3 through 3.3.1 and 2.5.3 through 2.5.8, fixed in 2.5.9 and 3.3.2, contain a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass attribute sanitization by exploiting five missing rawtext elements noscript, xmp, noembed, noframes, iframe in the SAFEFORXML regex...

OpenClaw Vulnerable to HTML injection via unvalidated image MIME type in data-URL interpolation

Summary The HTML session exporter src/auto-reply/reply/export-html/template.js interpolates img.mimeType directly into attributes without validation or escaping. A crafted mimeType value e.g., x" onerror="alert1 can break out of the attribute context and execute arbitrary JavaScript. Impact An...

Temporary path handling could write outside OpenClaw temp boundary

Summary Sandbox media local-path validation accepted absolute paths under host tmp, even when those paths were outside the active sandbox root. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Latest published version verified during triage: 2026.2.23 - Affected versions: = 2026.2.24 Detail...

OpenClaw: Chrome --no-sandbox disabled OS-level browser sandbox in sandbox browser container

Summary Sandbox browser container launched Chromium with --no-sandbox by default, disabling Chromium's OS-level sandbox protections. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm ecosystem - Latest published npm version at triage time 2026-02-21: 2026.2.19-2 - Affected range: = 2026.2.19-2...

OpenClaw's MSTeams attachment redirect handling could bypass configured media host allowlists

Summary In OpenClaw MSTeams media download flows, redirect handling could bypass configured mediaAllowHosts checks in specific attachment paths. Redirect chains were not consistently constrained to allowlisted targets before accepting fetched content. Affected Packages / Versions - Package:...

OpenClaw's hook transform module path allows traversal and arbitrary JavaScript module loading

Summary OpenClaw hook mapping transforms could be loaded via absolute paths or .. traversal, allowing arbitrary JavaScript module loading/execution in the gateway process when an attacker can modify hooks configuration. Affected Versions - Affected: = 2.0.0-beta3 and = 2026.2.13 - Fixed: 2026.2.1...

OpenClaw has command injection via Windows shell fallback in Lobster tool execution

Summary The Lobster extension tool execution path used a Windows shell fallback shell: true after spawn failures EINVAL/ENOENT. In that fallback path, shell metacharacters in command arguments can be interpreted by the shell, enabling command injection. Affected Packages / Versions - Package:...

OpenClaw's Telegram message_reaction authorization bypass allows unauthorized system-event injection

A missing sender-authorization check in Telegram messagereaction handling allowed unauthorized users to trigger reaction-derived system events. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Introduced: 2026.2.17 - Affected: = 2026.2.17 and = 2026.2.24 - Latest published at patch time:...

OpenClaw has allowlist exec-guard bypass via env -S

Summary In allowlist mode, system.run guardrails could be bypassed through env -S, causing policy-analysis/runtime-execution mismatch for shell wrapper payloads. Severity Rationale Medium This issue is rated medium because it is a guardrail/policy bypass in OpenClaw's trusted-operator model, not ...

Wagtail Vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in simple_translation admin interface

Impact A stored Cross-site Scripting XSS vulnerability exists on confirmation messages within the wagtail.contrib.simpletranslation module. A user with access to the Wagtail admin area may create a page with a specially-crafted title which, when another user performs the "Translate" action, cause...

Wagtail Vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting in TableBlock class attributes

Impact A stored Cross-site Scripting XSS vulnerability exists on rendering TableBlock blocks within a StreamField. A user with access to create or edit pages containing TableBlock StreamField blocks is able to set specially-crafted class attributes on the block which run arbitrary JavaScript code...

BentoML Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Write via Symlink Path Traversal in Tar Extraction

Arbitrary File Write via Symlink Path Traversal in Tar Extraction Summary The safeextracttarfile function validates that each tar member's path is within the destination directory, but for symlink members it only validates the symlink's own path, not the symlink's target. An attacker can create a...

Underscore has unlimited recursion in _.flatten and _.isEqual, potential for DoS attack

Impact In simple words, some programs that use .flatten or .isEqual could be made to crash. Someone who wants to do harm may be able to do this on purpose. This can only be done if the program has special properties. It only works in Underscore versions up to 1.13.7. A more detailed explanation...

OpenSTAManager affected by unauthenticated privilege escalation via modules/utenti/actions.php

Summary A privilege escalation and authentication bypass vulnerability in OpenSTAManager allows any attacker to arbitrarily change a user's group idgruppo by directly calling modules/utenti/actions.php. This can promote an existing account e.g. agent into the Amministratori group as well as demot...

Froxlor has Admin-to-Root Privilege Escalation via Input Validation Bypass + OS Command Injection

Summary A typo in Froxlor's input validation code == instead of = completely disables email format checking for all settings fields declared as email type. This allows an authenticated admin to store arbitrary strings — including shell metacharacters — in the panel.adminmail setting. This value i...

OpenSTAManager Affected by XSS in modifica_iva.php via righe parameter

Summary Multiple Reflected Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerabilities in OpenSTAManager v2.9.8 allow unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the context of other users' browsers through crafted URL parameters, potentially leading to session hijacking, credential theft, and...

Rancher Backup Operator pod's logs leak S3 tokens

Impact A vulnerability has been identified within the Rancher Backup Operator, resulting in the leakage of S3 tokens both accessKey and secretKey into the rancher-backup-operator pod's logs. Specifically, the S3 accessKey and secretKey are exposed in the pod's logs under the following logging lev...

OpenViking contains a Path Traversal vulnerability

OpenViking versions 0.2.1 and prior, fixed in commit 46b3e76, contain a path traversal vulnerability in the .ovpack import handling that allows attackers to write files outside the intended import directory. Attackers can craft malicious ZIP archives with traversal sequences, absolute paths, or...

Django vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.3, 5.2 before 5.2.12, and 4.2 before 4.2.29. URLField.topython in Django calls urllib.parse.urlsplit, which performs NFKC normalization on Windows that is disproportionately slow for certain Unicode characters, allowing a remote attacker to cause denial o...

Django has a Race Condition vulnerability

An issue was discovered in 6.0 before 6.0.3, 5.2 before 5.2.12, and 4.2 before 4.2.29. Race condition in file-system storage and file-based cache backends in Django allows an attacker to cause file system objects to be created with incorrect permissions via concurrent requests, where one thread's...

Rancher cloud credentials can be used through proxy API by users without access

A vulnerability was discovered in Rancher 2.2.0 through the aforementioned patched versions, where cloud credentials weren't being properly validated through the Rancher API. Specifically through a proxy designed to communicate with cloud providers. Any Rancher user that was logged-in and aware o...

Rancher's restricted PodSecurityPolicy does not prevent containers from running as a privileged user

Impact The restricted pod security policy PSP, provided in Rancher versions from 2.0 up to and including 2.6.3, has a deviation from the upstream restricted policy provided in Kubernetes, in which Rancher's PSP has runAsUser set to runAsAny, while upstream has runAsUser set to MustRunAsNonRoot...

Rancher's weave CNI password is not configured when a cluster is created from an RKE template

Impact This vulnerability only affects customers using Weave CNI Container Network Interface when configured through RKE templates. A flaw was discovered in Rancher versions from 2.5.0 up to and including 2.5.13 and from 2.6.0 up to and including 2.6.4, where a UI user interface issue with RKE...

Rancher has downstream cluster privilege escalation through cluster and project role template binding (CRTB/PRTB)

Impact An issue was discovered in Rancher versions up to and including 2.5.15 and 2.6.6 where a flaw with authorization logic allows privilege escalation through cluster role template binding CRTB and project role template binding PRTB. This issue does not affect the local cluster, it affects onl...

Rancher doesn't properly sanitize credentials in cluster template answers

Impact It was discovered that in Rancher versions up to and including 2.5.12 and 2.6.3 there is a failure to properly sanitize credentials in cluster template answers. This failure can lead to plaintext storage and exposure of credentials, passwords and API tokens. The exposed credentials are...

Rancher's Azure AD permission changes are not reflected on active sessions

A bug has been identified in which permission changes in Azure AD are not reflected to users while they are logged in the Rancher UI. This would cause the users to retain their previous permissions in Rancher, even if they change groups on Azure AD, for example, to a lower privileged group, or ar...

Apache Ranger has a Code Injection vulnerability

Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in NashornScriptEngineCreator is reported in Apache Ranger versions = 2.7.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.8.0, which fixes this issue...

Apache Ranger Vulnerable to Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch

Hostname verification bypass issue in Apache Ranger NiFiRegistryClient/NiFiClient is reported in Apache Ranger versions = 2.7.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.8.0, which fixes this issue...

mailparser vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Versions of the package mailparser before 3.9.3 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting XSS via the textToHtml function due to the improper sanitisation of URLs in the email content. An attacker can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers by adding extra quote " to the URL with embedded...

@tootallnate/once vulnerable to Incorrect Control Flow Scoping

Versions of the package @tootallnate/once before 3.0.1 are vulnerable to Incorrect Control Flow Scoping in promise resolving when AbortSignal option is used. The Promise remains in a permanently pending state after the signal is aborted, causing any await or .then usage to hang indefinitely. This...

OpenClaw: macOS optional allowlist basename matching could bypass path-based policy

Summary On macOS node-host, optional exec-approval allowlist mode previously treated basename-only entries for example echo as trusted command matches. This could allow a same-name local binary for example ./echo to run without approval under security=allowlist + ask=on-miss. Scope / Precondition...

OpenClaw has system.run shell-wrapper env injection via SHELLOPTS/PS4 can bypass allowlist intent (RCE)

Summary system.run allowed SHELLOPTS + PS4 environment injection to trigger command substitution during bash -lc xtrace expansion before the allowlisted command body executed. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Affected: = 2026.2.21-2 includes latest published npm version at...