Unverified Ownership Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.2.14


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (10th percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-15323210
  • published20 Feb 2026
  • disclosed18 Feb 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Feb 2026

NewCVE-2026-27486  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-283  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.2.14 or higher.

Overview

openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unverified Ownership via the process cleanup routine. An attacker can cause termination of unrelated system processes by exploiting pattern-based process enumeration without ownership validation.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1