OpenClaw before 2026.8.1 Exec Approval Directory Binding
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
OpenClaw versions before 2026.8.1 fail to bind working directory context to reusable exec approvals, allowing approved commands to execute in different directories. Attackers with an allow-always approval can reuse it to run the same command against unreviewed files or repositories with materially different effects.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA OpenClaw (OpenClaw) Fixed in 2026.8.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
OpenClaw 2026.8.1
40 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 38 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-64719 OpenClaw before 2026.8.1 Resource Exhaustion via WebSocket UpgradePriority MEDIUM 43
- TI-2026-64727 OpenClaw before 2026.8.1 DNS Rebinding via CDP HostnamePriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2026-64728 OpenClaw before 2026.8.1 Unauthorized Command Job AccessPriority LOW 39
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-100530
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r2gv-4qcw-qpqv
References
More OpenClaw vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-07590 Crabbox < v0.12.0 Environment Variable Information Disclosure CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-25309 OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 Media Parsing Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-65190 OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1 Remote Code Execution via system.execApprovals.set CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-65188 OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1 Authorization Bypass CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-20394 Exposure of resource to wrong sphere in OpenClaw CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-27742 OpenClaw < 2026.3.24 - Arbitrary Code Execution via .npmrc in Local Plugin/Hook Installation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-100530 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-100530 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r2gv-4qcw-qpqv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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