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BREW-OPENCLAW-CLI-CVE-20… (GHSA-48WF-G7CP-GR3M)

Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 17:21 – Updated: 2026-09-17 17:24 – Source website

Summary

OpenClaw has allowlist exec-guard bypass via env -S

Details

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 an authentication boundary break.

Authenticated Gateway callers are trusted operators by design.
exec approvals/allowlists are operator safety controls.
The bug still weakens expected safety behavior and can enable unintended command execution when untrusted content influences tool input.

Affected Packages / Versions

Package: openclaw (npm)
Vulnerable versions: <= 2026.2.22-2
Patched versions: >= 2026.2.23

Latest published npm version checked during triage: 2026.2.22-2.

Technical Impact

When /usr/bin/env is allowlisted, env -S 'sh -c ...' could be treated as allowed non-wrapper argv while runtime still executes shell-wrapper semantics.

Fix Commit(s)

a1c4bf07c6baad3ef87a0e710fe9aef127b1f606 (core allowlist/runtime parity hardening)
3f923e831364d83d0f23499ee49961de334cf58b (explicit env -S regressions)

Release Process Note

patched_versions is pre-set to >= 2026.2.23, so this advisory is now public.

OpenClaw thanks @tdjackey for reporting.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

URL

Type

	https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/adv…	WEB
	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31992	ADVISORY
	https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/3f923…	WEB
	https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/a1c4b…	WEB
	https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw	PACKAGE
	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-all…	WEB

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CVE-2026-31992 (GCVE-0-2026-31992)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-19 01:00 – Updated: 2026-06-23 16:14 X_Open Source

Title

OpenClaw < 2026.2.23 - Allowlist Exec-Guard Bypass via env -S

Summary

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.23 contain an allowlist bypass vulnerability in system.run guardrails that allows authenticated operators to execute unintended commands. When /usr/bin/env is allowlisted, attackers can use env -S to bypass policy analysis and execute shell wrapper payloads at runtime.

Severity

7.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

7.1 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-03-19 15:37 UTC

CWE

CWE-184 - Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

Assigner

VulnCheck mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/adv…	vendor-advisory
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/a1c4b…	patch
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/3f923…	patch
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-all…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
OpenClaw	OpenClaw	Affected: 0 , < 2026.2.23 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw::::::node.js::*

Date Public

2026-02-24 00:00

Credits

tdjackey

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GHSA-48WF-G7CP-GR3M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-03 18:00 – Updated: 2026-03-20 21:36

Summary

OpenClaw has allowlist exec-guard bypass via env -S

Details

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 an authentication boundary break.

Authenticated Gateway callers are trusted operators by design.
exec approvals/allowlists are operator safety controls.
The bug still weakens expected safety behavior and can enable unintended command execution when untrusted content influences tool input.

Affected Packages / Versions

Package: openclaw (npm)
Vulnerable versions: <= 2026.2.22-2
Patched versions: >= 2026.2.23

Latest published npm version checked during triage: 2026.2.22-2.

Technical Impact

When /usr/bin/env is allowlisted, env -S 'sh -c ...' could be treated as allowed non-wrapper argv while runtime still executes shell-wrapper semantics.

Fix Commit(s)

a1c4bf07c6baad3ef87a0e710fe9aef127b1f606 (core allowlist/runtime parity hardening)
3f923e831364d83d0f23499ee49961de334cf58b (explicit env -S regressions)

Release Process Note

patched_versions is pre-set to >= 2026.2.23, so this advisory is now public.

OpenClaw thanks @tdjackey for reporting.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Sightings

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BREW-OPENCLAW-CLI-CVE-20… (GHSA-48WF-G7CP-GR3M)

Summary

Severity Rationale (Medium)

Affected Packages / Versions

Technical Impact

Fix Commit(s)

Release Process Note

CVE-2026-31992 (GCVE-0-2026-31992)

GHSA-48WF-G7CP-GR3M

Summary

Severity Rationale (Medium)

Affected Packages / Versions

Technical Impact

Fix Commit(s)

Release Process Note

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