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GHSA-cwq8-6f96-g3q4

MEDIUM

GHSA-cwq8-6f96-g3q4 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.6) CWE-636 vulnerability in openclaw. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-cwq8-6f96-g3q4 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.

OpenClaw: Security Scan Failure Does Not Block Plugin Installation (Fail-Open)

Also known asCVE-2026-41377
Published
Apr 2, 2026
Updated
May 6, 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
3.2Mdownloads / week

Description

Summary

Security Scan Failure Does Not Block Plugin Installation (Fail-Open)

Current Maintainer Triage

  • Status: open
  • Normalized severity: low
  • Assessment: Real in shipped v2026.3.28 plugin install flow, but low severity fits because it still requires an operator to choose installation of an untrusted package and the scan failure was visible rather than silent.

Affected Packages / Versions

  • Package: openclaw (npm)
  • Latest published npm version: 2026.3.31
  • Vulnerable version range: <=2026.3.28
  • Patched versions: >= 2026.3.31
  • First stable tag containing the fix: v2026.3.31

Fix Commit(s)

  • 7a953a52271b9188a5fa830739a4366614ff9916 — 2026-03-30T15:36:08+01:00
  • 44b993613601280d46a5b88190e46669fc13d669 — 2026-03-31T23:16:11+09:00
  • 0d7f1e2c84eca65df7dee890d9c30e2a841c030a — 2026-03-31T23:27:20+09:00
  • bf96c67fd1954740aeabfadc7cfe3098bcfc6b68 — 2026-03-31T15:53:29+01:00

OpenClaw thanks @davidluzsilva for reporting.

Affected Packages

1 total 1 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmopenclawall versions2026.3.31

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 2026.3.31 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-cwq8-6f96-g3q4 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-cwq8-6f96-g3q4 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-cwq8-6f96-g3q4. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

## Summary Security Scan Failure Does Not Block Plugin Installation (Fail-Open) ## Current Maintainer Triage - Status: open - Normalized severity: low - Assessment: Real in shipped v2026.3.28 plugin install flow, but low severity fits because it still requires an operator to choose installation of an untrusted package and the scan failure was visible rather than silent. ## Affected Packages / Versions - Package: `openclaw` (npm) - Latest published npm version: `2026.3.31` - Vulnerable version range: `<=2026.3.28` - Patched versions: `>= 2026.3.31` - First stable tag containing the fix: `v202
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is GHSA-cwq8-6f96-g3q4 in your dependencies?

O3 detects GHSA-cwq8-6f96-g3q4 across npm dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.