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GHSA-GW85-XP4Q-5GP9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-03 23:03 – Updated: 2026-03-20 21:36

Summary

OpenClaw's Synology Chat dmPolicy=allowlist failed open on empty allowedUserIds, allowing unauthorized agent dispatch

Details

Summary

In openclaw versions 2026.2.22 and 2026.2.23, the optional synology-chat channel plugin had an authorization fail-open condition: when dmPolicy was allowlist and allowedUserIds was empty/unset, unauthorized senders were still allowed through to agent dispatch.

This is assessed as medium severity because it requires channel/plugin setup and Synology sender access, but can still trigger downstream agent/tool actions.

Affected Packages / Versions

Package: openclaw (npm)
Affected versions: >= 2026.2.22, <= 2026.2.23
Latest published affected version at patch time: 2026.2.23
Planned patched version: 2026.2.24

Details

Root cause was a policy mismatch across plugin code paths: 1. Default resolved DM policy was allowlist. 2. Empty allowedUserIds was treated as allow-all. 3. Webhook auth in allowlist mode depended on that helper.

Result: allowlist with empty list behaved like open access for inbound Synology senders.

Fix Commit(s)

0ee30361b8f6ef3f110f3a7b001da6dd3df96bb5
7655c0cb3a47d0647cbbf5284e177f90b4b82ddb

Release Process Note

patched_versions is pre-set to the planned next release (>= 2026.2.24). Once npm release 2026.2.24 is published, the advisory can be published directly.

OpenClaw thanks @tdjackey for reporting.

Publication Update (2026-02-25)

openclaw@2026.2.24 is published on npm and contains the fix commit(s) listed above. This advisory now marks >= 2026.2.24 as patched.

Severity ?

5.3 (Medium)


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

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  "summary": "OpenClaw\u0027s Synology Chat dmPolicy=allowlist failed open on empty allowedUserIds, allowing unauthorized agent dispatch"
}

CVE-2026-31998 (GCVE-0-2026-31998)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-19 01:00 – Updated: 2026-03-25 14:31 X_Open Source

Title

OpenClaw 2026.2.22 < 2026.2.24 - Authorization Bypass in Synology Chat Plugin via Empty allowedUserIds

Summary

OpenClaw versions 2026.2.22 and 2026.2.23 contain an authorization bypass vulnerability in the synology-chat channel plugin where dmPolicy set to allowlist with empty allowedUserIds fails open. Attackers with Synology sender access can bypass authorization checks and trigger unauthorized agent dispatch and downstream tool actions.

Severity ?

8.3 (High)


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

8.6 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Assigner

VulnCheck

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/adv…	third-party-advisory
	https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/0ee30…	patch
	https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/7655c…	patch
	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-aut…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	OpenClaw	OpenClaw	Affected: 2026.2.22 , < 2026.2.24 (semver) Unaffected: 2026.2.24 (semver)

Date Public ?

2026-02-25 00:00

Credits

tdjackey

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GHSA-GW85-XP4Q-5GP9

Summary

Affected Packages / Versions

Details

Fix Commit(s)

Release Process Note

Publication Update (2026-02-25)

CVE-2026-31998 (GCVE-0-2026-31998)

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