{"id":"GHSA-27cr-4p5m-74rj","summary":"OpenClaw has a workspace-only sandbox guard mismatch for @-prefixed absolute paths","details":"A workspace-only file-system guard mismatch allowed `@`-prefixed absolute paths to bypass boundary validation in some tool path checks.\n\n### Impact\nWhen `tools.fs.workspaceOnly=true`, certain `@`-prefixed absolute paths (for example `@/etc/passwd`) could be validated before canonicalization while runtime path handling normalized the prefix differently. In affected code paths this could permit reads outside the intended workspace boundary.\n\nPer `SECURITY.md`, OpenClaw is primarily a personal-assistant runtime with trusted-user assumptions, and this path is gated behind non-default sandbox/tooling configuration. That reduces practical exposure, but the bypass is still a security bug and is fixed.\n\n### Affected Packages / Versions\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Latest published at triage time: `2026.2.23`\n- Affected versions: `\u003c= 2026.2.23`\n- Patched versions: `\u003e= 2026.2.24`\n\n### Fix Commit(s)\n- `9ef0fc2ff8fa7b145d1e746d6eb030b1bf692260`\n\nOpenClaw thanks @tdjackey for reporting.","aliases":["CVE-2026-32033"],"modified":"2026-03-25T19:48:28.452855Z","published":"2026-03-03T22:11:54Z","database_specific":{"severity":"MODERATE","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2026-03-03T22:11:54Z","nvd_published_at":"2026-03-19T22:16:38Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-180","CWE-22"]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-27cr-4p5m-74rj"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32033"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/9ef0fc2ff8fa7b145d1e746d6eb030b1bf692260"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-path-traversal-via-prefixed-absolute-paths-in-workspace-boundary-validation"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openclaw","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/openclaw"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.2.24"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-27cr-4p5m-74rj/GHSA-27cr-4p5m-74rj.json","last_known_affected_version_range":"\u003c= 2026.2.23"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}