GHSA-4564-pvr2-qq4h is a high-severity (CVSS 7.6) OS Command Injection vulnerability in openclaw. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-4564-pvr2-qq4h is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
OpenClaw: Prevent shell injection in macOS keychain credential write
Real-World Exposure
How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, a proxy for how much of the ecosystem is exposed.
openclawnpmDescription
Summary
On macOS, the Claude CLI keychain credential refresh path constructed a shell command to write the updated JSON blob into Keychain via security add-generic-password -w .... Because OAuth tokens are user-controlled data, this created an OS command injection risk.
The fix avoids invoking a shell by using execFileSync("security", argv) and passing the updated keychain payload as a literal argument.
Affected Packages / Versions
- Package:
openclaw(npm) - Platform: macOS only
- Affected versions:
<= 2026.2.13
Fix
- Patched version:
>= 2026.2.14(next release) - Fix PR: #15924
- Fix commits (merged to
main):9dce3d8bf83f13c067bc3c32291643d2f1f10a0666d7178f2d6f9d60abad35797f97f3e61389b70cb908388245764fb3586859f44d1dff5372b19caf
Thanks @aether-ai-agent for reporting.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | openclaw | all versions | 2026.2.14 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for openclaw. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update openclaw to 2026.2.14 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-4564-pvr2-qq4h is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-4564-pvr2-qq4h is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-4564-pvr2-qq4h. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-4564-pvr2-qq4h in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-4564-pvr2-qq4h across npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.