Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.4.8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-15989070
  • published12 Apr 2026
  • disclosed9 Apr 2026
  • creditthrealwinky

Introduced: 9 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-42424  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-668  (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 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere in the handling of shared reply MEDIA references, where paths are treated as trusted. An attacker can cause unauthorized access to local files by crafting a shared reply MEDIA reference that triggers another channel to read a local file path as trusted generated media.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1