External Control of File Name or Path Affecting openclaw package, versions >=2026.4.7-1 <2026.4.15-beta.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-16109680
  • published19 Apr 2026
  • disclosed17 Apr 2026
  • creditZou Dikai

Introduced: 17 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-41389  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-73  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.4.15-beta.1 or higher.

Overview

openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to External Control of File Name or Path via improper validation of file paths in the media embedding. An attacker can access arbitrary files on the host system or trigger network credential exposure by supplying crafted local or UNC-style file paths.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1