GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-rw39-5899-8mxp OpenClaw: Node-host approvals could show misleading shell payloads instead of the executed argv
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-32971
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- openclaw
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-436, CWE-863
- Reviewed
- 2026-03-13
Affected packages
• npm openclaw: < 2026.3.11 → fixed in 2026.3.11
Description
Summary
In affected versions of `openclaw`, node-host `system.run` approvals could display only an extracted shell payload such as `jq --version` while execution still ran a different outer wrapper argv such as `./env sh -c 'jq --version'`.
Impact
This is an approval-integrity bug. An attacker who could place or select a local wrapper binary and induce a wrapper-shaped command could get local code executed after the operator approved misleading command text.
Affected Packages and Versions
• Package: `openclaw` (npm)
• Affected versions: `<= 2026.3.8`
• Fixed in: `2026.3.11`
Technical Details
Wrapper resolution normalized executables by basename and extracted inner shell payload text for approval display, while execution still preserved the full wrapper argv. Approval storage and UI therefore showed text that did not match the exact command OpenClaw would execute.
Fix
OpenClaw now binds approvals to the exact executed argv and keeps extracted shell payload text only as secondary preview data. The fix shipped in `[email protected]`.
Workarounds
Upgrade to `2026.3.11` or later.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-32971 OpenClaw before 2026.3.11 contains an approval-integrity vulnerability in node-host system.run approvals that displays extracted shell… vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-rw39-5899-8mxp web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32971 advisory
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw package
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.3.11 web
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-node-host-approval-ui-mismatch-allows-execution-of-unintended-commands web