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GHSA-534w-2vm4-89xr

OpenClaw's Zalo group sender allowlist bypass permits unauthorized GROUP dispatch

Published
Mar 3, 2026
Updated
Mar 4, 2026
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed

Blast Radius

1 pkg affected

Weekly download volume for affected packages — a proxy for how broadly this vulnerability is deployed.

openclawnpm
4.3Mdownloads / week

Description

A missing group-sender authorization check in the Zalo plugin allowed unauthorized GROUP messages to enter agent dispatch paths in configurations intended to restrict group traffic.

Impact

When Zalo group handling was configured with allowlist-style controls, a sender not present in the intended group allowlist could still trigger agent processing through the GROUP message path.

Root Cause

Group access checks were not consistently enforced before dispatch for Zalo GROUP messages. The fix adds explicit runtime group-policy evaluation (groupPolicy, groupAllowFrom, fallback to allowFrom) and fail-closed behavior for missing provider config.

Affected Packages / Versions

  • Package: openclaw (npm)
  • Latest published vulnerable version: 2026.2.23 (as of 2026-02-24)
  • Affected range: <= 2026.2.23
  • Planned patched version: 2026.2.24

Fix Commit(s)

  • b4010a0b627025c809c0e5dbdbd4770f3bc59ef8

OpenClaw thanks @tdjackey for reporting.

Publication Update (2026-02-25)

[email protected] is published on npm and contains the fix commit(s) listed above. This advisory now marks >= 2026.2.24 as patched.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmopenclawall versions2026.2.24

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    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.

  2. Fix

    Update openclaw to 2026.2.24 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-534w-2vm4-89xr is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. 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.

  4. How O3 protects you

    O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-534w-2vm4-89xr 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-534w-2vm4-89xr. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

A missing group-sender authorization check in the Zalo plugin allowed unauthorized `GROUP` messages to enter agent dispatch paths in configurations intended to restrict group traffic. ## Impact When Zalo group handling was configured with allowlist-style controls, a sender not present in the intended group allowlist could still trigger agent processing through the `GROUP` message path. ## Root Cause Group access checks were not consistently enforced before dispatch for Zalo `GROUP` messages. The fix adds explicit runtime group-policy evaluation (`groupPolicy`, `groupAllowFrom`, fallback to `
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