GHSA-3x3x-h76w-hp98MediumCVSS 7.1
OpenClaw exec allowlist safeBins short-option bypass could permit arbitrary file write
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Summary
OpenClaw exec allowlist/safeBins policy could be bypassed with attached short-option payloads (for example sort -o/tmp/poc), enabling file-write operations while still satisfying safeBins checks.
Affected Packages / Versions
- Package:
openclaw(npm) - Affected versions:
<= 2026.2.17 - Latest published vulnerable version:
2026.2.17 - Patched in:
2026.2.19
Impact
When tools.exec.security=allowlist and tools.exec.safeBins included affected binaries, attached short-option payloads could bypass safeBins argument validation and permit file-write behavior that should have been denied.
Fix Commit(s)
- cfe8457a0f4aae5324daec261d3b0aad1461a4bc
- bafdbb6f112409a65decd3d4e7350fbd637c7754
- fec48a5006eab37c6a5821726ccaeec886486b13
OpenClaw thanks @FailButWin and @Redgrave961 for reporting.
🎯 Affected products1
- npm/openclaw:< 2026.2.19
🔗 References (7)
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-3x3x-h76w-hp98
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/bafdbb6f112409a65decd3d4e7350fbd637c7754
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/cfe8457a0f4aae5324daec261d3b0aad1461a4bc
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/fec48a5006eab37c6a5821726ccaeec886486b13
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32017
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-arbitrary-file-write-via-short-option-bypass-in-exec-allowlist
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3x3x-h76w-hp98