Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.3.31-beta.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-15894784
  • published5 Apr 2026
  • disclosed3 Apr 2026
  • credittdjackey

Introduced: 3 Apr 2026

New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-552  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.3.31-beta.1 or higher.

Overview

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Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties via the appendLocalMediaParentRoots function. An attacker can access arbitrary files and exfiltrate credentials by leveraging self-whitelisting of media parent directories, which allows unauthorized file reads on the host system.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1