PT-2026-25474 · Npm · Openclaw

Published 2026-03-03 · Updated 2026-03-03

OSV

CVSS v4.0

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Summary

In openclaw@2026.2.24, approval-bound system.run on node hosts could be influenced by mutable symlink cwd targets between approval and execution.

Details

Approval matching on the gateway validated command/argv and binding fields, including cwd, as provided text. Node execution later used runtime cwd resolution. A symlinked cwd could therefore be retargeted after approval and before spawn.

OpenClaw's trust model does not treat one shared gateway as a multi-tenant adversarial boundary, but approval integrity is still a security boundary for operator-reviewed command execution.

Affected Packages / Versions

• Package: openclaw (npm)
• Affected: <= 2026.2.24
• Patched: >= 2026.2.25

Fix Commit(s)

• f789f880c934caa8be25b38832f27f90f37903db

Remediation

The fix adds defense-in-depth hardening for approval-bound node execution:

• reject symlink cwd paths for approval-bound system.run
• canonicalize path-like executable argv before spawn
• bind CLI approval requests to exact commandArgv

Release Process Note

Patched version is pre-set to the release (2026.2.25). Advisory published with npm release 2026.2.25.

OpenClaw thanks @tdjackey for reporting.

Fix

Link Following

Time Of Check To Time Of Use

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

CWE-367

Related Identifiers

GHSA-MWCG-WFQ3-4GJC

Affected Products

Openclaw

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-mwcg-wfq3-4gjc · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32043 · Security Note
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw · Note
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/f789f880c934caa8be25b38832f27f90f37903db · Note
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-mwcg-wfq3-4gjc · Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-time-of-check-time-of-use-via-mutable-symlink-in-system-run-cwd-parameter · Note