Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.3.7-beta.1
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- published10 Mar 2026
- disclosed9 Mar 2026
- credittdjackey
Introduced: 9 Mar 2026
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How to fix?
Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.3.7-beta.1 or higher.
Overview
openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key via the system.run process. An attacker can bypass intended allowlist or approval mechanisms by supplying crafted environment variable overrides such as GIT_SSH_COMMAND, GIT_CONFIG_*, or NPM_CONFIG_*, which are not properly sanitized and can influence the behavior of spawned subprocesses.