UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.3.31-beta.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-15902781
  • published5 Apr 2026
  • disclosed2 Apr 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-41364  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-61  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.3.31-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 in the tar upload process. An attacker can overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host by uploading a tar archive containing symlinks that are followed during extraction.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1