OpenClaw < 2026.2.14 - Zip Slip Path Traversal in TAR Archive Extraction
OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 fail to validate TAR archive entry paths during extraction, allowing path traversal sequences to write files outside the intended directory. Attackers can craft malicious archives with traversal sequences like ../../ to write files outside extraction boundaries, potentially enabling configuration tampering and code execution.
OpenClaw < 2026.2.14 - Denial of Service via Unguarded Archive Extraction in extractArchive
OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the extractArchive function within src/infra/archive.ts that allows attackers to consume excessive CPU, memory, and disk resources through high-expansion ZIP and TAR archives. Remote attackers can trigger resource exhaustion by providing maliciously crafted archive files during install or update operations, causing service degradation or system unavailability.
OpenClaw < 2026.2.14 - SSRF via Feishu Extension Media Fetching
OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain server-side request forgery vulnerabilities in the Feishu extension that allow attackers to fetch attacker-controlled remote URLs without SSRF protections via sendMediaFeishu function and markdown image processing. Attackers can influence tool calls through direct manipulation or prompt injection to trigger requests to internal services and re-upload responses as Feishu media.
OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.12 with the optional Nostr plugin enabled expose unauthenticated HTTP endpoints at /api/channels/nostr/:accountId/profile and /api/channels/nostr/:accountId/profile/import that allow reading and modifying Nostr profiles without gateway authentication. Remote attackers can exploit these endpoints to read sensitive profile data, modify Nostr profiles, persist malicious changes to gateway configuration, and publish signed Nostr events using the bot's private key when the gateway HTTP port is accessible beyond localhost.
OpenClaw 2026.1.29 < 2026.2.1 - Authorization Bypass in Twitch Plugin allowFrom Access Control
OpenClaw versions 2026.1.29 prior to 2026.2.1 contain a vulnerability in the Twitch plugin (must be installed and enabled) in which it fails to enforce the allowFrom allowlist when allowedRoles is unset or empty, allowing unauthorized Twitch users to trigger agent dispatch. Remote attackers can mention the bot in Twitch chat to bypass access control and invoke the agent pipeline, potentially causing unintended actions or resource exhaustion.
OpenClaw 2026.1.29-beta.1 < 2026.2.1 - Path Traversal in Plugin Installation via Package Name
OpenClaw versions 2026.1.29-beta.1 prior to 2026.2.1 contain a path traversal vulnerability in plugin installation that allows malicious plugin package names to escape the extensions directory. Attackers can craft scoped package names containing path traversal sequences like .. to write files outside the intended installation directory when victims run the plugins install command.
OpenClaw < 2026.2.1 - Inbound Allowlist Policy Bypass in voice-call Extension via Empty Caller ID and Suffix Matching
OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.1 with the voice-call extension installed and enabled contain an authentication bypass vulnerability in inbound allowlist policy validation that accepts empty caller IDs and uses suffix-based matching instead of strict equality. Remote attackers can bypass inbound access controls by placing calls with missing caller IDs or numbers ending with allowlisted digits to reach the voice-call agent and execute tools.
OpenClaw 2026.1.14-1 < 2026.2.12 - Unintended Public Binding of Chrome Extension Relay via Wildcard cdpUrl
OpenClaw version 2026.1.14-1 prior to 2026.2.12 contains an improper network binding vulnerability in the Chrome extension (must be installed and enabled) relay server that treats wildcard hosts as loopback addresses, allowing the relay HTTP/WS server to bind to all interfaces when a wildcard cdpUrl is configured. Remote attackers can access relay HTTP endpoints off-host to leak service presence and port information, or conduct denial-of-service and brute-force attacks against the relay token header.
OpenClaw < 2026.2.15 - Denial of Service via Unbounded Response Parsing in web_fetch Tool
OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.15 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the web_fetch tool that allows attackers to crash the Gateway process through memory exhaustion by parsing oversized or deeply nested HTML responses. Remote attackers can social-engineer users into fetching malicious URLs with pathological HTML structures to exhaust server memory and cause service unavailability.
OpenClaw versions 2.0.0-beta3 prior to 2026.2.14 contain a path traversal vulnerability in hook transform module loading that allows arbitrary JavaScript execution. The hooks.mappings[].transform.module parameter accepts absolute paths and traversal sequences, enabling attackers with configuration write access to load and execute malicious modules with gateway process privileges.
OpenClaw < 2026.2.14 - Privilege Escalation in Slack Slash Command Handler via Direct Messages
OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Slack slash-command handler that incorrectly authorizes any direct message sender when dmPolicy is set to open (must be configured). Attackers can execute privileged slash commands via direct message to bypass allowlist and access-group restrictions.
OpenClaw < 2026.2.2 - Command Injection via cmd.exe Parsing Bypass in Allowlist Enforcement
OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.2 fail to properly validate Windows cmd.exe metacharacters in allowlist-gated exec requests (non-default configuration), allowing attackers to bypass command approval restrictions. Remote attackers can craft command strings with shell metacharacters like & or %...% to execute unapproved commands beyond the allowlisted operations.
OpenClaw Vulnerable to Local File Exfiltration via MCP Tool Result MEDIA: Directive Injection
## Summary
A malicious or compromised MCP (Model Context Protocol) tool server can exfiltrate arbitrary local files from the host system by injecting `MEDIA:` directives into tool result text content. OpenClaw's tool result processing pipeline extracts file paths from `MEDIA:` tokens without source-level validation, passes them through a `localRoots` allowlist check that includes `os.tmpdir()` by default (covering `/tmp` on Linux/macOS and `%TEMP%` on Windows), and then reads and delivers the file contents to external messaging channels such as Discord, Slack, Telegram, and WhatsApp.
## Affected Component
OpenClaw (all versions up to and i
OpenClaw: Hardlink alias checks could bypass workspace-only file boundaries in specific configurations
### Summary
In certain workspace-restricted configurations, OpenClaw could follow hardlink aliases inside the workspace that reference files outside the workspace boundary.
By default, `tools.fs.workspaceOnly` is off. This primarily affects deployments that intentionally enable workspace-only filesystem restrictions (and workspace-only `apply_patch` checks).
### Impact
- Confidentiality: out-of-workspace files could be read through in-workspace hardlink aliases.
- Integrity: out-of-workspace files could be modified through in-workspace hardlink aliases.
### Affected Packages / Versions
- Package: `openclaw` (npm)
- Latest published version
OpenClaw's elevated allowFrom accepted broader identity signals than specified within sender-scoped authorization
### Summary
In certain elevated-mode configurations, `tools.elevated.allowFrom` accepted broader identity signals than intended. The fix tightens matching to sender-scoped identity by default and makes mutable metadata matching explicit.
### Context
OpenClaw is commonly used in 1:1 chats or trusted group chats. In that intended model, this issue is best treated as authorization hardening / defense-in-depth for elevated sender approval.
### Affected Packages / Versions
- Package: `openclaw` (npm)
- Latest published npm version at triage: `2026.2.21-2`
- Affected versions: `<= 2026.2.21-2`
- Planned patched version (pre-set for publish-ready
OpenClaw has SSRF guard bypass via IPv6 transition over ISATAP
## Summary
OpenClaw's SSRF hostname/IP guard did not detect ISATAP embedded IPv4 addresses (`...:5efe:w.x.y.z`). A crafted URL containing an ISATAP IPv6 literal could embed a private IPv4 target (for example loopback) and bypass private-address filtering in URL-fetching paths.
## Severity Assessment
Rated **medium**: the bug weakens SSRF protections in URL fetch flows, but impact depends on reaching a URL-fetching path with attacker-controlled input and is generally constrained to internal network access attempts.
## Affected Packages / Versions
- Package: `openclaw` (npm)
- Affected: `>=2026.1.20 <=2026.2.17`
- Latest published at patch ti
OpenClaw's commands.allowFrom sender authorization accepted conversation identifiers via ctx.From
### Summary
`commands.allowFrom` is documented as a sender authorization allowlist for commands/directives, but command authorization could include `ctx.From` (conversation identity) as a sender candidate.
When `commands.allowFrom` contained conversation-like identifiers (for example Discord `channel:<id>` or WhatsApp group JIDs), command/directive authorization could be granted to participants in that conversation instead of only the intended sender identity.
### Affected Packages / Versions
- Package: `openclaw` (npm)
- Affected versions: `<= 2026.2.22-2`
- Patched version: `2026.2.23` (released)
### Details
Root cause: `resolveSenderCan
OpenClaw's Zalo group sender allowlist bypass permits unauthorized GROUP dispatch
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 p
OpenClaw has Canvas route hardening for mixed-trust deployments
## Summary
This advisory tracks a defense-in-depth hardening for canvas routes. In mixed-trust or network-visible deployments, prior canvas auth/fallback behavior could broaden access beyond intended boundaries.
## Deployment Context
OpenClaw’s default model is trusted host + loopback-first access. Some operators intentionally expose canvas routes on LAN/tailnet. This update is aimed at those broader deployment patterns.
## What Changed
- Require explicit token or session-capability authorization for canvas routes.
- Remove shared-IP fallback paths for canvas access.
- Tighten bind/fallback behavior to fail closed.
## Impact
Risk was highe