Symlink Attack Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.2.25
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- published3 Mar 2026
- disclosed2 Mar 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 2 Mar 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
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How to fix?
Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.2.25 or higher.
Overview
openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack via the agents.files.get and agents.files.set methods. An attacker can access or modify files outside the intended workspace by exploiting symlink traversal, potentially leading to unauthorized file read or write operations within the permissions of the gateway process. This may result in further compromise, including the possibility of executing arbitrary code, depending on which files are targeted.