Protection Mechanism Failure Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.3.7-beta.1
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- published10 Mar 2026
- disclosed9 Mar 2026
- credittdjackey
Introduced: 9 Mar 2026
CVE-2026-27646 (opens in a new tab)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 Protection Mechanism Failure via the /acp spawn command handler. An attacker can escalate privileges by initializing host-side ACP sessions from a sandboxed context when ACP is enabled and a backend is available.