Incorrect Authorization Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.3.7-beta.1
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- published10 Mar 2026
- disclosed9 Mar 2026
- credittdjackey
Introduced: 9 Mar 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-184 (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 2026.3.7-beta.1 or higher.
Overview
openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in the system.run process when PowerShell encoded-command wrappers such as -EncodedCommand, -enc, or -e are used. An attacker can bypass approval mechanisms and execute arbitrary commands by invoking PowerShell with encoded payloads, which are not properly recognized by the allowlist approval parsing.