GHSA-r6qf-8968-wj9q

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r6qf-8968-wj9q
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-r6qf-8968-wj9q/GHSA-r6qf-8968-wj9q.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-r6qf-8968-wj9q
Aliases
  • CVE-2026-27183
Downstream
Published
2026-03-09T19:54:25Z
Modified
2026-03-30T13:49:45.239291Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 2.1 (Low) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
OpenClaw: system.run wrapper-depth boundary could skip shell approval gating
Details

OpenClaw's system.run dispatch-wrapper handling applied different depth-boundary rules to shell-wrapper approval detection and execution planning.

With exactly four transparent dispatch wrappers such as repeated env invocations before /bin/sh -c, the approval classifier could stop treating the command as a shell wrapper at the depth boundary while execution planning still unwrapped through to the shell payload. In security=allowlist mode, that mismatch could skip the expected approval-required path for the shell wrapper invocation.

Latest published npm version: 2026.3.2

Fixed on main on March 7, 2026 in 2fc95a7cfc1eb9306356510b0251b6d51fb1c0b0 by keeping shell-wrapper classification active at the configured dispatch depth boundary and only failing closed beyond that boundary. This aligns approval gating with the execution plan. Legitimate shallow dispatch-wrapper usage continues to work.

Affected Packages / Versions

  • Package: openclaw (npm)
  • Affected versions: <= 2026.3.2
  • Patched version: >= 2026.3.7

Fix Commit(s)

  • 2fc95a7cfc1eb9306356510b0251b6d51fb1c0b0

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 
{
    "severity": "LOW",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-436",
        "CWE-863"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-03-09T19:54:25Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-03-23T22:16:25Z"
}
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
2026.3.7

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-r6qf-8968-wj9q/GHSA-r6qf-8968-wj9q.json"
last_known_affected_version_range 
"<= 2026.3.2"