Lower-trust background runtime output is injected into trusted System: events, and local async exec completion misses the intended exec-event downgrade.
Lower-trust runtime/background output could be promoted into trusted System events, allowing prompt-injection into later agent turns.
OpenClaw is a user-controlled local assistant. This advisory is scoped to the OpenClaw trust model and does not assume a multi-tenant service boundary.
openclaw (npm)<= 2026.4.22026.4.8The issue was fixed on main and is available in the patched npm version listed above. The verified fixed tree is commit d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5.
The fix was re-checked against main before publication, including targeted regression tests for the affected security boundary.
Thanks @tdjackey for reporting.
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"cwe_ids": [
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"severity": "HIGH",
"nvd_published_at": null
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