Symlink Attack Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.2.25
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- published5 Mar 2026
- disclosed4 Mar 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 4 Mar 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-59 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
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 in the tools.fs.workspaceOnly process when hardlink aliases inside the workspace reference files outside the workspace boundary. An attacker can access or modify files outside the intended workspace by creating hardlink aliases within the workspace that point to external files. This is only exploitable if workspace-only filesystem restrictions are enabled.