OpenClaw before 2026.9.5 Sandbox Isolation Bypass via Media Pipelines
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
OpenClaw before 2026.9.5 contains an incorrect authorization vulnerability in the Gateway's local media root allowlist that breaks filesystem isolation between sandboxed sessions. Sandboxed sessions or untrusted content can cause the Gateway to read files from sibling session sandboxes or shared workspace directories through media pipeline functions that fail to restrict reads to the active session.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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 2026.9.5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-102806
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8f5c-296x-75hm
References
Other 4
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/blob/3a9d69db306cd7f081e06254cb89c4bcc14a7107/src/media/local-roots.ts#L33-L60
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/blob/3a9d69db306cd7f081e06254cb89c4bcc14a7107/src/media-understanding/runner.attachments.ts#L40-L50
- https://docs.openclaw.ai/releases/2026.9.5
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw
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-2026-102806 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-102806 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8f5c-296x-75hm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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