Interpretation Conflict Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.2.23-beta.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-15372217
  • published4 Mar 2026
  • disclosed3 Mar 2026
  • creditJisung

Introduced: 3 Mar 2026

New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-436  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.2.23-beta.1 or higher.

Overview

openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Interpretation Conflict through a mismatch in policy and runtime interpretation of wrapper commands using GNU env -S semantics. An attacker can execute unintended commands by injecting untrusted content into tool command text, causing policy checks to approve a command while a different payload is executed at runtime.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1