GHSA-27cr-4p5m-74rj

Suggest an improvement
Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-27cr-4p5m-74rj
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-27cr-4p5m-74rj/GHSA-27cr-4p5m-74rj.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-27cr-4p5m-74rj
Aliases
Downstream
Published
2026-03-03T22:11:54Z
Modified
2026-03-25T19:48:28Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 5.7 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
OpenClaw has a workspace-only sandbox guard mismatch for @-prefixed absolute paths
Details

A workspace-only file-system guard mismatch allowed @-prefixed absolute paths to bypass boundary validation in some tool path checks.

Impact

When tools.fs.workspaceOnly=true, certain @-prefixed absolute paths (for example @/etc/passwd) could be validated before canonicalization while runtime path handling normalized the prefix differently. In affected code paths this could permit reads outside the intended workspace boundary.

Per SECURITY.md, OpenClaw is primarily a personal-assistant runtime with trusted-user assumptions, and this path is gated behind non-default sandbox/tooling configuration. That reduces practical exposure, but the bypass is still a security bug and is fixed.

Affected Packages / Versions

  • Package: openclaw (npm)
  • Latest published at triage time: 2026.2.23
  • Affected versions: <= 2026.2.23
  • Patched versions: >= 2026.2.24

Fix Commit(s)

  • 9ef0fc2ff8fa7b145d1e746d6eb030b1bf692260

OpenClaw thanks @tdjackey for reporting.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-180",
        "CWE-22"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-03-03T22:11:54Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2026-03-19T22:16:38Z",
    "severity":  "MODERATE"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / openclaw

Package

Name
openclaw
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Purl
pkg:npm/openclaw

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2026.2.24

Database specific

last_known_affected_version_range 
"<= 2026.2.23"
source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-27cr-4p5m-74rj/GHSA-27cr-4p5m-74rj.json"