OpenClaw: Agentic Consent Bypass — LLM Agent Can Silently Disable Exec Approval via `config.patch`
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-285.
Summary
## Summary Agentic Consent Bypass: LLM Agent Can Silently Disable Exec Approval via `config.patch` ## Current Maintainer Triage - Status: open - Normalized severity: high - Assessment: Maintainers accepted this issue, fixed it in 76411b2afc4ae721e36c12e0ea24fd23e2fed61e on 2026-03-27, and that fix shipped in v2026.3.28, so normalize it as a fixed released draft rather than a close-by-trust-model call. ## Affected Packages / Versions - Package: `openclaw` (npm) - Latest published npm version: `2026.3.31` - Vulnerable version range: `<=2026.3.24` - Patched versions: `>= 2026.3.28` - First stable tag containing the fix: `v2026.3.28` ## Fix Commit(s) - `76411b2afc4ae721e36c12e0ea24fd23e2fed61e` — 2026-03-27T09:42:15Z OpenClaw thanks @YLChen-007 for reporting.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | openclaw (npm) | before 2026.3.28 | 2026.3.28 | Patch available | GHSA-v3qc-wrwx-j3pw |
- openclaw (npm) Vendor— Affected before 2026.3.28 Fixed in 2026.3.28 Patch available GHSA-v3qc-wrwx-j3pw
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-v3qc-wrwx-j3pw openclaw (npm) Fixed in 2026.3.28 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-v3qc-wrwx-j3pw
References
Sources
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