PT-2026-25121
Published
2026-03-02
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Updated
2026-03-02
Description by
CVSS 4.0
6.9
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
OpenClaw exec approvals could be bypassed in
allowlist mode when allow-always was granted through unrecognized multiplexer shell wrappers (notably busybox sh -c and toybox sh -c).Affected Packages / Versions
- Package:
openclaw(npm) - Affected:
<= 2026.2.22-2 - Latest published vulnerable version at triage time:
2026.2.22-2(checked on February 24, 2026) - Fixed on
main: yes - Patched release:
2026.2.23
Details
Wrapper analysis treated
busybox/toybox invocations as non-wrapper commands in this path, so allow-always persisted the wrapper binary path instead of the inner executable. That allowed later arbitrary payloads under the same multiplexer wrapper to satisfy the stored allowlist rule.The fix hardens wrapper detection and persistence behavior for these multiplexer shell applets so approvals bind to intended inner executables and fail closed when unwrap safety is uncertain.
Fix Commit(s)
a67689a7e3ad494b6637c76235a664322d526f9e
Release Process Note
patched versions is pre-set to the released version (2026.2.23). This advisory now reflects released fix version 2026.2.23.OpenClaw thanks @jiseoung for reporting.
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