Trust Boundary Violation Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.4.8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-15989065
  • published12 Apr 2026
  • disclosed9 Apr 2026
  • credittdjackey

Introduced: 9 Apr 2026

New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-501  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.4.8 or higher.

Overview

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Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Trust Boundary Violation via the process handling background runtime output injection into trusted System: events. An attacker can escalate privileges or inject unauthorized commands by promoting lower-trust output into trusted event streams, potentially leading to prompt-injection in subsequent agent operations.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1