{"id":"GHSA-45cg-2683-gfmq","summary":"OpenClaw browser navigation guard allowed non-network URL schemes, enabling authenticated browser-tool users to access file:// local files","details":"## Impact\n\n`assertBrowserNavigationAllowed()` validated only `http:`/`https:` network targets but implicitly allowed other schemes. An authenticated gateway user could navigate browser sessions to `file://` URLs and read local files via browser snapshot/extraction flows.\n\n## Affected Component\n\n- `src/browser/navigation-guard.ts`\n\n## Technical Reproduction\n\n1. Authenticate to a gateway that has browser tooling enabled.\n2. Invoke browser navigation with a `file://` URL (for example `file:///etc/passwd`).\n3. Read page content through browser snapshot/extract actions.\n\n## Demonstrated Impact\n\nAn attacker with valid gateway credentials and browser-tool access can exfiltrate local files readable by the OpenClaw process user (for example config/secrets in that user context).\n\n## Environment\n\n- OpenClaw browser tool enabled\n- Attacker has authenticated access capable of invoking browser actions\n\n## Remediation Advice\n\nReject unsupported navigation schemes and allow only explicitly safe non-network URLs. OpenClaw now blocks non-network schemes (such as `file:`, `data:`, and `javascript:`) while preserving `about:blank`.\n\n## Affected Packages / Versions\n\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Affected versions: `\u003c= 2026.2.19-2`\n- Patched in planned next release: `2026.2.21`\n\n## Fix Commit(s)\n\n- `220bd95eff6838234e8b4b711f86d4565e16e401`\n\n## Release Process Note\n\n`patched_versions` is pre-set to the planned next release (`2026.2.21`) so once npm `2026.2.21` is published, the advisory can be published directly.\n\nOpenClaw thanks @q1uf3ng for reporting.","aliases":["CVE-2026-32008"],"modified":"2026-07-08T07:38:27.658787136Z","published":"2026-03-03T21:37:59Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed_at":"2026-03-03T21:37:59Z","nvd_published_at":null,"cwe_ids":["CWE-610"],"severity":"MODERATE","github_reviewed":true},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-45cg-2683-gfmq"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/220bd95eff6838234e8b4b711f86d4565e16e401"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openclaw","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/openclaw"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.2.21"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-45cg-2683-gfmq/GHSA-45cg-2683-gfmq.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}