{"id":"CVE-2026-32044","aliases":["GHSA-77hf-7fqf-f227"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2026-32044","summary":"OpenClaw < 2026.3.2 - Tar Archive Safety Bypass in Skills Installation","details":"### Summary\nThe `tar.bz2` installer path in `src/agents/skills-install-download.ts` used shell tar preflight/extract logic that did not share the same hardening guarantees as the centralized archive extractor.\n\nThis allowed crafted `.tar.bz2` archives to bypass special-entry blocking and extracted-size guardrails enforced on other archive paths, causing local availability impact during skill install.\n\n### Affected Packages / Versions\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Latest published at triage time: `2026.3.1`\n- Affected range: `<= 2026.3.1`\n- Patched in: `2026.3.2` (released)\n\n### Impact\nLocal DoS / availability impact when processing untrusted `.tar.bz2` skill archives.\n\n### Fix Commit(s)\n- `0dbb92dd2bcf9a32379d11c0f11ed016669dae3e`\n\n### Related advisories\n- Canonical overlap (closed): GHSA-3pj7-x8jr-jvj8\n- Duplicate variant (closed): GHSA-rgr7-g85h-6v82","published":"2026-03-21T00:42:18.960Z","modified":"2026-10-21T02:30:43.926886130Z","cvss":null,"epss":{"score":0.00132,"percentile":0.03158,"asOf":"2026-09-16"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"openclaw","fixedVersion":"2026.3.2"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/0dbb92dd2bcf9a32379d11c0f11ed016669dae3e","label":"openclaw/openclaw@0dbb92d"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/32xxx/CVE-2026-32044.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-77hf-7fqf-f227"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32044"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-tar-archive-safety-bypass-in-skills-installation"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/0dbb92dd2bcf9a32379d11c0f11ed016669dae3e"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-10-21T02:30:43.926886130Z"}}