GHSA-2hm8-rqrm-xfjq

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2hm8-rqrm-xfjq

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-2hm8-rqrm-xfjq/GHSA-2hm8-rqrm-xfjq.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-2hm8-rqrm-xfjq

Downstream

MINI-mqhx-mw2c-7hj5

Published

2026-03-03T21:36:33Z

Modified

2026-03-04T15:10:02.915429Z

Severity

4.8 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator

Summary

OpenClaw's owner-only gateway tool access checks were incomplete in specific authenticated DM flows

Details

Summary

In authenticated non-owner DM sessions, a narrow tool-invocation path could reach broader-than-intended owner-only gateway actions.

Impact

This requires an authenticated non-owner sender in a DM session and a specific tool invocation path. No unauthenticated access is involved, and this does not provide direct code execution by itself.

Root Cause

Some gateway call paths were still using broader default scopes instead of method-level least-privilege scopes.
Owner-only enforcement depended on tool-name checks and was not consistently metadata-driven across all call paths.

Affected Packages / Versions

Package: openclaw (npm)
Affected: <= 2026.2.17 (latest published npm version as of February 19, 2026)
Patched: 2026.2.19

Remediation

Refactored gateway method scope mapping to a data-driven table and added guard tests to ensure all exposed core gateway methods stay classified.
Centralized owner-only enforcement in tool policy wrappers and tool metadata.
Marked owner-only tools explicitly (cron, gateway, whatsapp_login) and removed duplicated per-tool owner checks.
Refactored gateway call path internals into smaller helpers while preserving behavior and coverage.

Fix Commit(s)

a40c10d3e24568b1e2947c104484be74bf66b8d2
2777d8ad91ef1e8a7c6f5b4b18f8507be7d02914
3d7ad1cfca4daaa84cd553e843e0e08fa6201349

OpenClaw thanks @Adam55A-code for reporting.

Database specific

{
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-269",
        "CWE-863"
    ],
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-03-03T21:36:33Z"
}

References

Affected packages

npm / openclaw

Package

Name: openclaw; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/openclaw

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2026.2.19

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-2hm8-rqrm-xfjq/GHSA-2hm8-rqrm-xfjq.json"