GHSA-gw85-xp4q-5gp9

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gw85-xp4q-5gp9

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-gw85-xp4q-5gp9/GHSA-gw85-xp4q-5gp9.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-gw85-xp4q-5gp9

Aliases

CVE-2026-31998

Downstream

MINI-2w4c-gmjj-m2w7

Published

2026-03-03T23:03:49Z

Modified

2026-03-20T21:47:54.084927Z

Severity

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

Summary

OpenClaw's Synology Chat dmPolicy=allowlist failed open on empty allowedUserIds, allowing unauthorized agent dispatch

Details

Summary

In openclaw versions 2026.2.22 and 2026.2.23, the optional synology-chat channel plugin had an authorization fail-open condition: when dmPolicy was allowlist and allowedUserIds was empty/unset, unauthorized senders were still allowed through to agent dispatch.

This is assessed as medium severity because it requires channel/plugin setup and Synology sender access, but can still trigger downstream agent/tool actions.

Affected Packages / Versions

Package: openclaw (npm)
Affected versions: >= 2026.2.22, <= 2026.2.23
Latest published affected version at patch time: 2026.2.23
Planned patched version: 2026.2.24

Details

Root cause was a policy mismatch across plugin code paths: 1. Default resolved DM policy was allowlist. 2. Empty allowedUserIds was treated as allow-all. 3. Webhook auth in allowlist mode depended on that helper.

Result: allowlist with empty list behaved like open access for inbound Synology senders.

Fix Commit(s)

0ee30361b8f6ef3f110f3a7b001da6dd3df96bb5
7655c0cb3a47d0647cbbf5284e177f90b4b82ddb

Release Process Note

patched_versions is pre-set to the planned next release (>= 2026.2.24). Once npm release 2026.2.24 is published, the advisory can be published directly.

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": "2026-03-03T23:03:49Z",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-284",
        "CWE-863"
    ],
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
}

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

2026.2.22

Fixed

2026.2.24

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-gw85-xp4q-5gp9/GHSA-gw85-xp4q-5gp9.json"

last_known_affected_version_range

"<= 2026.2.23"