Improper Authorization Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.2.22
Threat Intelligence
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- published3 Mar 2026
- disclosed2 Mar 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 2 Mar 2026
CVE-2026-31993 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.2.22 or higher.
Overview
openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authorization in the system.run due to a parsing mismatch in allowlist checks for shell-chain payloads. An attacker can execute unauthorized shell commands on a paired macOS host by submitting a shell-chain command that bypasses incomplete command views and is approved under specific security settings.
Note:
This is only exploitable if the caller is authenticated with operator.write, the target is a paired macOS beta node host, and exec approvals are set to security=allowlist and ask=on-miss.