OpenClaw before 2026.7.1 Allowlist Bypass via Workspace Shadows
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-426.
Summary
OpenClaw is an npm-distributed agent runtime. In versions >= 2026.2.26 and < 2026.7.1, PowerShell command analysis on Windows hosts running in exec allowlist mode could approve an exact executable resolved from PATH but subsequently execute a same-named executable located in the workspace directory. If lower-trust content can place an executable with an approved basename into an agent-writable workspace and steer an approved PowerShell command that uses a bare executable name, OpenClaw may run the workspace file instead of the allowlisted path, executing arbitrary code with the privileges of the Gateway or node-host user. The issue does not require replacement of the approved executable itself. Version 2026.7.1 contains a fix; as a workaround, avoid bare executable names in approved PowerShell commands and keep executable files out of agent-writable workspaces.
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 2026.7.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
OpenClaw 2026.7.1
19 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 17 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-64749 OpenClaw before 2026.7.1 Sandbox Bypass via Browser NodePriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2026-64740 OpenClaw before 2026.7.1 Remote Code Execution via cron toolPriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2026-64759 OpenClaw 2026.5.1 before 2026.7.1 Remote Code Execution via googlemeet.chromePriority LOW 39
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-100584
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qvvq-pvmc-pc5p
- 2026-10-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
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-2026-100584 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-100584 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qvvq-pvmc-pc5p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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