Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.2.23


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-15363104
  • published27 Feb 2026
  • disclosed27 Feb 2026
  • credittdjackey

Introduced: 27 Feb 2026

NewCVE-2026-28363  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-184  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.2.23 or higher.

Overview

openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs in the tools.exec.safeBins validation when validating options for sort. An attacker can execute unauthorized commands by supplying GNU long-option abbreviations (such as --compress-prog) that bypass the intended approval mechanism.

Note: This is exploitable only if all of these conditions are present: tools.exec.security=allowlist, tools.exec.ask=on-miss.

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