Unsafe Dependency Resolution Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.3.12


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-15627789
  • published15 Mar 2026
  • disclosed13 Mar 2026
  • creditlintsinghua

Introduced: 13 Mar 2026

New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-829  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.3.12 or higher.

Overview

openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unsafe Dependency Resolution via the automatic plugin discovery in .openclaw/extensions/. An attacker can execute arbitrary code by including a malicious plugin in a cloned repository, which is loaded automatically when the application is run from that directory.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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version 3.1