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GHSA-6rcp-vxwf-3mfp openclaw

Fix: openclaw/openclaw@0f0a680

GHSA-6rcp-vxwf-3mfp is a CWE-436 vulnerability in openclaw. A fix is available for openclaw — see the affected versions and patch details below.

OpenClaw's system.run shell-wrapper positional argv carriers could execute hidden commands under misleading approval text

Also known asCVE-2026-32052
Published
Mar 3, 2026
Updated
Mar 30, 2026
Affected
1 pkg
Patched
1 / 1
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Sep 20, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

No confirmed exploitation observed yet

  • CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-6rcp-vxwf-3mfp.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.9%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs58th percentile — riskier than 58% of all scored CVEsHighest risk

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.

Real-World Exposure

1 pkg affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.

133other npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream
openclawnpm
3.0Mdownloads / week

Description

Summary

In openclaw up to and including 2026.2.23 (latest npm release as of February 25, 2026), system.run shell-wrapper inputs could present misleading approval/display text while still carrying hidden positional argv payloads that execute at runtime.

Affected Packages / Versions

  • Package: openclaw (npm)
  • Affected: <= 2026.2.23
  • Patched: >= 2026.2.24 (planned next release)

Root Cause

For shell-wrapper forms (for example /bin/sh -c ...), command-text binding could focus on inline shell payload text while runtime execution still used the full argv vector. Positional argv carriers after the inline payload could therefore be executed under incomplete display context.

Security Impact

Approval/display context could omit executed argv carriers, enabling hidden command execution under misleading operator-visible text.

Fix

  • Detect shell-wrapper inline-command forms that carry trailing positional argv values.
  • Bind approval/display command text to full formatted argv for those carrier forms.
  • Reject payload-only rawCommand values when they do not match the execution-bound argv context for those forms.
  • Forward canonical command display text to the macOS companion exec host and validate rawCommand/argv consistency there for carrier wrappers and env-modifier shell preludes.

Verification

  • pnpm check
  • pnpm exec vitest run --config vitest.gateway.config.ts
  • pnpm test:fast
  • pnpm vitest run src/infra/system-run-command.test.ts src/node-host/invoke-system-run.test.ts src/cli/nodes-cli.coverage.test.ts src/gateway/node-invoke-system-run-approval.test.ts
  • cd apps/macos && swift test --filter ExecSystemRunCommandValidatorTests

Fix Commit(s)

  • 0f0a680d3df81739ea5088a2f88e65f938b7936b
  • 55cf92578d266987e390c4bf688196af98eac748

Release Process Note

patched_versions is pre-set to the planned next release (2026.2.24) so after npm publish the advisory can be published without further field edits.

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 versions2026.2.24npm install openclaw@2026.2.24

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, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  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-6rcp-vxwf-3mfp 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 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-6rcp-vxwf-3mfp can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.

Tailored to GHSA-6rcp-vxwf-3mfp. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

### Summary In `openclaw` up to and including **2026.2.23** (latest npm release as of **February 25, 2026**), `system.run` shell-wrapper inputs could present misleading approval/display text while still carrying hidden positional argv payloads that execute at runtime. ### Affected Packages / Versions - Package: `openclaw` (npm) - Affected: `<= 2026.2.23` - Patched: `>= 2026.2.24` (planned next release) ### Root Cause For shell-wrapper forms (for example `/bin/sh -c ...`), command-text binding could focus on inline shell payload text while runtime execution still used the full argv vector. Po
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is GHSA-6rcp-vxwf-3mfp in your dependencies?

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GHSA-6rcp-vxwf-3mfp: openclaw | O3 Security