Incorrect Authorization Affecting openclaw package, versions >=2026.4.9 <2026.4.10


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-16109682
  • published19 Apr 2026
  • disclosed17 Apr 2026
  • creditAkiyama Mio

Introduced: 17 Apr 2026

New CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-863  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.4.10 or higher.

Overview

openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in the host-media attachment read helper. An attacker can access unauthorized local files by bypassing sender or group-scoped policy restrictions through the outbound media path.

Note: This is only exploitable if host read or filesystem root expansion is enabled at the global or agent level and sender or group-scoped policy is used to deny read access for certain channel participants.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1