Incorrect Authorization Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.3.22-beta.1
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- published27 Mar 2026
- disclosed26 Mar 2026
- creditEdward-x
Introduced: 26 Mar 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-863 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
How to fix?
Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.3.22-beta.1 or higher.
Overview
openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization via the system.run process. An attacker can execute unauthorized commands by bypassing the allowlist through an unregistered time dispatch wrapper, which fails to unwrap /usr/bin/time and improperly reuses approval state for the inner command.