{"id":"CVE-2026-32008","aliases":["GHSA-45cg-2683-gfmq"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32008","summary":"OpenClaw < 2026.2.21 - Arbitrary Local File Read via Browser Navigation Guard","details":"## Impact\n\n`assertBrowserNavigationAllowed()` validated only `http:`/`https:` network targets but implicitly allowed other schemes. An authenticated gateway user could navigate browser sessions to `file://` URLs and read local files via browser snapshot/extraction flows.\n\n## Affected Component\n\n- `src/browser/navigation-guard.ts`\n\n## Technical Reproduction\n\n1. Authenticate to a gateway that has browser tooling enabled.\n2. Invoke browser navigation with a `file://` URL (for example `file:///etc/passwd`).\n3. Read page content through browser snapshot/extract actions.\n\n## Demonstrated Impact\n\nAn attacker with valid gateway credentials and browser-tool access can exfiltrate local files readable by the OpenClaw process user (for example config/secrets in that user context).\n\n## Environment\n\n- OpenClaw browser tool enabled\n- Attacker has authenticated access capable of invoking browser actions\n\n## Remediation Advice\n\nReject unsupported navigation schemes and allow only explicitly safe non-network URLs. OpenClaw now blocks non-network schemes (such as `file:`, `data:`, and `javascript:`) while preserving `about:blank`.\n\n## Affected Packages / Versions\n\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Affected versions: `<= 2026.2.19-2`\n- Patched in planned next release: `2026.2.21`\n\n## Fix Commit(s)\n\n- `220bd95eff6838234e8b4b711f86d4565e16e401`\n\n## Release Process Note\n\n`patched_versions` is pre-set to the planned next release (`2026.2.21`) so once npm `2026.2.21` is published, the advisory can be published directly.\n\nOpenClaw thanks @q1uf3ng for reporting.","published":"2026-03-19T22:06:47.977Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:41.287802941Z","cvss":null,"epss":{"score":0.00403,"percentile":0.34221,"asOf":"2026-09-17"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"openclaw","fixedVersion":"2026.2.21"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/220bd95eff6838234e8b4b711f86d4565e16e401","label":"openclaw/openclaw@220bd95"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/32xxx/CVE-2026-32008.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-45cg-2683-gfmq"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32008"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-arbitrary-local-file-read-via-browser-navigation-guard"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/220bd95eff6838234e8b4b711f86d4565e16e401"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T03:51:41.287802941Z"}}