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TI-2026-66346 Aliases GHSA-9q2p-vc84-2rwm

OpenClaw: system.run allow-always persistence included shell-commented payload tails

Priority LOW 38CWE-436Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

OpenClaw's `system.run` allowlist analysis did not honor POSIX shell comment semantics when deriving `allow-always` persistence entries. A caller in `security=allowlist` mode who received an `allow-always` decision could submit a shell command whose tail was commented out at runtime, for example by using an unquoted `#` before a chained payload. The runtime shell would execute only the pre-comment portion, but allowlist persistence could still analyze and store the non-executed tail as a trusted follow-up command. Latest published npm version: `2026.3.2` Fixed on `main` on March 7, 2026 in `939b18475d734ed75173f59507e3ebbdfe1992b7` by teaching shell tokenization and chain/pipeline analysis to stop at unquoted shell comments, so allow-always persistence now tracks only commands that the shell can actually execute. Normal real chained commands and quoted `#` literals continue to work. ## Affected Packages / Versions - Package: `openclaw` (npm) - Affected versions: `<= 2026.3.2` - Patched version: `>= 2026.3.7` ## Fix Commit(s) - `939b18475d734ed75173f59507e3ebbdfe1992b7` ## Release Process Note npm `2026.3.7` was published on March 8, 2026. This advisory is fixed in the released package. Thanks @tdjackey for reporting.

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed openclaw (npm): 2026.3.7

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—openclaw (npm)before 2026.3.72026.3.7Patch availableGHSA-9q2p-vc84-2rwm
  • openclaw (npm) Vendor— Affected before 2026.3.7 Fixed in 2026.3.7 Patch available GHSA-9q2p-vc84-2rwm

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-9q2p-vc84-2rwm openclaw (npm) Fixed in 2026.3.7 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-9q2p-vc84-2rwm

References

Sources

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