UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.3.24-beta.1
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- published28 Mar 2026
- disclosed26 Mar 2026
- creditYLChen-007
Introduced: 26 Mar 2026
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How to fix?
Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.3.24-beta.1 or higher.
Overview
openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following via the agents.create and agents.update processes. An attacker can append arbitrary content to files outside the intended workspace by planting a symlink at the IDENTITY.md path, which is then followed by the file append operation. This enables modification of sensitive system or user files with attacker-controlled data.