{"id":"GHSA-3h2q-j2v4-6w5r","summary":"OpenClaw's system.run allowlist approval parsing missed PowerShell encoded-command wrappers","details":"OpenClaw's `system.run` shell-wrapper detection did not recognize PowerShell `-EncodedCommand` forms as inline-command wrappers.\n\nIn `allowlist` mode, a caller with access to `system.run` could invoke `pwsh` or `powershell` using `-EncodedCommand`, `-enc`, or `-e`, and the request would fall back to plain argv analysis instead of the normal shell-wrapper approval path. This could allow a PowerShell inline payload to execute without the approval step that equivalent `-Command` invocations would require.\n\nLatest published npm version: `2026.3.2`\n\nFixed on `main` on March 7, 2026 in `1d1757b16f48f1a93cd16ab0ad7e2c3c63ce727d` by recognizing PowerShell encoded-command aliases during shell-wrapper parsing, so allowlist mode continues to require approval for those payloads. Normal approved PowerShell wrapper flows continue to work.\n\n## Affected Packages / Versions\n\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Affected versions: `\u003c= 2026.3.2`\n- Patched version: `\u003e= 2026.3.7`\n\n## Fix Commit(s)\n\n- `1d1757b16f48f1a93cd16ab0ad7e2c3c63ce727d`\n\n## Release Process Note\n\nnpm `2026.3.7` was published on March 8, 2026. This advisory is fixed in the released package.\n\nThanks @tdjackey for reporting.","modified":"2026-03-09T20:01:24.211156Z","published":"2026-03-09T19:53:58Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2026-03-09T19:53:58Z","nvd_published_at":null,"cwe_ids":["CWE-184","CWE-863"],"severity":"MODERATE"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-3h2q-j2v4-6w5r"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/1d1757b16f48f1a93cd16ab0ad7e2c3c63ce727d"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.3.7"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openclaw","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/openclaw"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.3.7"}]}],"database_specific":{"last_known_affected_version_range":"\u003c= 2026.3.2","source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-3h2q-j2v4-6w5r/GHSA-3h2q-j2v4-6w5r.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"}]}