GHSA-hr8g-2q7x-3f4w — openclaw
Fix: openclaw/openclaw@c5c10adGHSA-hr8g-2q7x-3f4w is a CWE-497 vulnerability in openclaw. A fix is available for openclaw — see the affected versions and patch details below.
OpenClaw Has a Gateway Control Interface Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- 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-hr8g-2q7x-3f4w.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
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
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.
openclawnpmDescription
Summary
OpenClaw Gateway Control Interface Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Current Maintainer Triage
- Status: narrow
- Normalized severity: low
- Assessment: Released Control UI bootstrap JSON did expose version and assistant agent id, but that is low-severity fingerprinting or info disclosure only; unreleased c5c10adc trims the payload.
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)
c5c10adc022f42eb75ebb3bf364dd607738683b3— 2026-03-30T15:08:19+01:00
OpenClaw thanks @topsec-bunney for reporting.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 📦npm | openclaw | all versions | 2026.3.31npm install openclaw@2026.3.31 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
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.
Fix
Update openclaw to 2026.3.31 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-hr8g-2q7x-3f4w 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 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-hr8g-2q7x-3f4w can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-hr8g-2q7x-3f4w. 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-hr8g-2q7x-3f4w in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-hr8g-2q7x-3f4w across npm dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.