GHSA-6rcp-vxwf-3mfp

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6rcp-vxwf-3mfp
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-6rcp-vxwf-3mfp/GHSA-6rcp-vxwf-3mfp.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-6rcp-vxwf-3mfp
Downstream
Published
2026-03-03T19:46:42Z
Modified
2026-03-04T15:12:34.499577Z
Severity
  • 8.6 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
OpenClaw's system.run shell-wrapper positional argv carriers could execute hidden commands under misleading approval text
Details

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: openclaw (npm)
  • Affected: <= 2026.2.23
  • Patched: >= 2026.2.24 (planned next release)

Root Cause

For shell-wrapper forms (for example /bin/sh -c ...), command-text binding could focus on inline shell payload text while runtime execution still used the full argv vector. Positional argv carriers after the inline payload could therefore be executed under incomplete display context.

Security Impact

Approval/display context could omit executed argv carriers, enabling hidden command execution under misleading operator-visible text.

Fix

  • Detect shell-wrapper inline-command forms that carry trailing positional argv values.
  • Bind approval/display command text to full formatted argv for those carrier forms.
  • Reject payload-only rawCommand values when they do not match the execution-bound argv context for those forms.
  • Forward canonical command display text to the macOS companion exec host and validate rawCommand/argv consistency there for carrier wrappers and env-modifier shell preludes.

Verification

  • pnpm check
  • pnpm exec vitest run --config vitest.gateway.config.ts
  • pnpm test:fast
  • pnpm vitest run src/infra/system-run-command.test.ts src/node-host/invoke-system-run.test.ts src/cli/nodes-cli.coverage.test.ts src/gateway/node-invoke-system-run-approval.test.ts
  • cd apps/macos && swift test --filter ExecSystemRunCommandValidatorTests

Fix Commit(s)

  • 0f0a680d3df81739ea5088a2f88e65f938b7936b
  • 55cf92578d266987e390c4bf688196af98eac748

Release Process Note

patched_versions is pre-set to the planned next release (2026.2.24) so after npm publish the advisory can be published without further field edits.

OpenClaw thanks @tdjackey for reporting.

Publication Update (2026-02-25)

openclaw@2026.2.24 is published on npm and contains the fix commit(s) listed above. This advisory now marks >= 2026.2.24 as patched.

Database specific 
{
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-03-03T19:46:42Z",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-436",
        "CWE-863"
    ],
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "HIGH"
}
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
2026.2.24

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-6rcp-vxwf-3mfp/GHSA-6rcp-vxwf-3mfp.json"
last_known_affected_version_range 
"<= 2026.2.23"