GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-9q36-67vc-rrwg OpenClaw: Sandboxed /acp spawn requests could initialize host ACP sessions
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-27646
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- openclaw
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284, CWE-693, CWE-863
- Reviewed
- 2026-03-09
Affected packages
• npm openclaw: < 2026.3.7 → fixed in 2026.3.7
Description
Summary
Sandboxed requester sessions could reach host-side ACP session initialization through `/acp spawn`.
OpenClaw already blocked `sessions_spawn({ runtime: "acp" })` from sandboxed sessions, but the slash-command path initialized ACP directly without applying the same host-runtime guard first.
Affected Packages / Versions
• npm package: `openclaw`
• Affected versions: `= 2026.3.7`
Details
ACP sessions run on the host, not inside the OpenClaw sandbox. The direct ACP spawn path in `src/agents/acp-spawn.ts` already denied sandboxed requesters, but `/acp spawn` in `src/auto-reply/reply/commands-acp/lifecycle.ts` called `initializeSession(...)` without first applying the same restriction.
In affected versions, an already authorized sender in a sandboxed session could use `/acp spawn` to cross from sandboxed chat context into host-side ACP runtime initialization when ACP was enabled and a backend was available.
Fix Commit(s)
• `61000b8e4ded919ca1a825d4700db4cb3fdc56e3`
Fix Details
The fix introduced a shared ACP runtime-policy guard in `src/agents/acp-spawn.ts` and reused it from the `/acp spawn` handler in `src/auto-reply/reply/commands-acp/lifecycle.ts` before any ACP backend initialization. Regression coverage was added in `src/auto-reply/reply/commands-acp.test.ts` to prove sandboxed `/acp spawn` requests are rejected early, while existing ACP spawn behavior for non-sandboxed sessions remains unchanged.
Release Process Note
Patched version is pre-set to `2026.3.7` so the advisory can be published once that npm release is available.
Thanks @tdjackey for reporting.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-27646 OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.7 contain a sandbox escape vulnerability in the /acp spawn command that allows authorized sandboxed… vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-9q36-67vc-rrwg web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27646 advisory
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/61000b8e4ded919ca1a825d4700db4cb3fdc56e3 web
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw package
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.3.7 web
- https://vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-mar-sandbox-escape-via-acp-spawn-command web