GHSA-hfpr-jhpq-x4rm

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hfpr-jhpq-x4rm

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-hfpr-jhpq-x4rm/GHSA-hfpr-jhpq-x4rm.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-hfpr-jhpq-x4rm

Downstream

MINI-jxhg-c2r3-j4hc

Published

2026-03-09T19:54:41Z

Modified

2026-03-09T20:02:42Z

Severity

4.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator

Summary

OpenClaw: `operator.write` chat.send could reach admin-only config writes

Details

Summary

A gateway client authenticated with operator.write could route /config set or /config unset through chat.send and reach persistent config mutation even though direct config RPC methods are admin-scoped.

Affected Packages / Versions

Package: openclaw (npm)
Latest published vulnerable version: 2026.3.2
Affected range: <= 2026.3.2
Patched in: 2026.3.7

Details

Before the fix, chat.send ran slash commands in an internal gateway-chat context with CommandAuthorized: true, and /config write paths only checked command authorization plus commands.config / channels.<provider>.configWrites gates. That allowed an authenticated operator.write gateway client to bridge into persistent config writes even though direct config.* RPC methods remain operator.admin scoped.

The fix keeps command functionality intact while restoring the intended scope boundary:

persistent /config set|unset writes routed through gateway chat.send now require operator.admin
read-only /config show remains available to normal write-scoped gateway clients
normal messaging-channel /config behavior remains unchanged

Impact

This is a real authorization mismatch, but exploitability requires an already authenticated gateway client with operator.write, chat.send access, and /config command support enabled. Maintainer severity is set to medium because the bug is a scoped control-plane privilege mismatch rather than a broad unauthenticated or generic remote compromise. The main consequence is unintended persistent config mutation.

Fix Commit(s)

5f8f58ae25e2a78f31b06edcf26532d634ca554e

Release Process Note

npm 2026.3.7 was published on March 8, 2026. This advisory is fixed in the released package.

Thanks @tdjackey for reporting.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-863"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-03-09T19:54:41Z",
    "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

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2026.3.7

Database specific

last_known_affected_version_range

"<= 2026.3.2"

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-hfpr-jhpq-x4rm/GHSA-hfpr-jhpq-x4rm.json"