Protection Mechanism Failure Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.3.22-beta.1
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-15790587
- published27 Mar 2026
- disclosed26 Mar 2026
- creditPeng Zhou
Introduced: 26 Mar 2026
New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-15 (opens in a new tab)Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is a category system for software weaknesses
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 Protection Mechanism Failure due to inconsistent sanitization of host environment override keys in the host-env-security.ts process. An attacker can bypass environment policy restrictions by supplying blocked or malformed override keys that are not properly sanitized.