Permissive Regular Expression Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.3.12
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- published15 Mar 2026
- disclosed13 Mar 2026
- creditPeng Zhou
Introduced: 13 Mar 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-178 (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 2026.3.12 or higher.
Overview
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Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Permissive Regular Expression via the matchesExecAllowlistPattern function. An attacker can bypass intended command or executable path restrictions by crafting paths that exploit overly broad pattern matching, including the use of wildcards that cross POSIX path segments.