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GHSA-3XFW-4PMR-4XC5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-03 19:09 – Updated: 2026-03-19 22:24

Summary

OpenClaw safeBins grep -e File Read Bypass (stdin-only policy bypass)

Details

Summary

OpenClaw tools.exec.safeBins had a stdin-only policy bypass for grep. If pattern input was supplied through -e / --regexp, the validator consumed the pattern as a flag value and still allowed one positional operand. That positional could be a bare filename like .env.

Affected Packages / Versions

Package: openclaw (npm)
Latest published vulnerable version: 2026.2.19-2
Structured vulnerable range: <= 2026.2.19-2
Planned fixed range for next release: >= 2026.2.21

Exploit Preconditions

tools.exec.safeBins must include grep (this is opt-in; grep is not in the default safe-bin list).
An actor must be able to invoke exec tooling under that profile.

Technical Details

src/infra/exec-safe-bin-policy.ts configured grep with maxPositional: 1 and allowed -e / --regexp value flags. Because -e consumes the pattern in flag-value position, the remaining positional budget could be used for a file operand. Example accepted input in vulnerable builds:

grep -e SECRET .env

That violated the intended stdin-only guarantee for safe bins.

Impact

With grep opt-in enabled, callers could read bare-relative files from the working directory (for example .env, credentials.txt) in flows expected to be stdin-only.

Severity Rationale

CVSS v3.1 is set to: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N (5.3, Medium)

AC:H is used because exploitation depends on a non-default configuration (grep must be explicitly added to safe bins) in addition to normal low-privilege tool-invocation capability.

Fix Commit(s)

c6ee14d60e4cbd6a82f9b2d74ebeb1e8ee814964

Release Process Note

patched_versions is pre-set to >= 2026.2.21 so this advisory is ready to publish after the 2026.2.21 npm release is live.

OpenClaw thanks @athuljayaram for reporting.

Severity ?

5.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "id": "GHSA-3xfw-4pmr-4xc5",
  "modified": "2026-03-19T22:24:33Z",
  "published": "2026-03-03T19:09:20Z",
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      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "OpenClaw safeBins grep -e File Read Bypass (stdin-only policy bypass)"
}

CVE-2026-32022 (GCVE-0-2026-32022)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-19 22:06 – Updated: 2026-03-25 14:28 X_Open Source

Title

OpenClaw < 2026.2.21 - Arbitrary File Read via grep -e Flag Policy Bypass

Summary

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.21 contain a stdin-only policy bypass vulnerability in the grep tool within tools.exec.safeBins that allows attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying a pattern via the -e flag parameter. Attackers can include a positional filename operand to bypass file access restrictions and read sensitive files .env from the working directory.

Severity ?

6 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-184 - Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

Assigner

VulnCheck

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/adv…	third-party-advisory
	https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/c6ee1…	patch
	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-arb…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	OpenClaw	OpenClaw	Affected: 0 , < 2026.2.21 (semver) Unaffected: 2026.2.21 (semver)

Date Public ?

2026-02-21 00:00

Credits

Athul Jayaram (@athuljayaram)

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Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Summary

Affected Packages / Versions

Exploit Preconditions

Technical Details

Impact

Severity Rationale

Fix Commit(s)

Release Process Note

CVE-2026-32022 (GCVE-0-2026-32022)

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