{"id":"GHSA-7ff8-xjh3-mgh6","summary":"OpenClaw's non-default autoAllowSkills setting could bypass on-miss exec prompt","details":"### Summary\nIn `openclaw` versions up to and including `2026.2.22-2`, a non-default exec-approval configuration could allow a skill-name collision to bypass an `ask=on-miss` prompt.\n\nWhen `autoAllowSkills=true`, a path-scoped executable such as `./skill-bin` could resolve to basename `skill-bin`, satisfy the `skills` allowlist segment, and run without prompting for approval.\n\n### Affected Packages / Versions\n- Package: `npm openclaw`\n- Affected versions: `\u003c= 2026.2.22-2`\n- Patched versions: `\u003e= 2026.2.23` (released)\n\n### Configuration Scope (Not Default)\nThis behavior requires non-default settings and does not affect default installs.\n\nRequired conditions:\n- `autoAllowSkills=true` (default is `false`)\n- `system.run` with `security=allowlist`\n- `ask=on-miss`\n\n### Technical Details\nThe allowlist evaluator accepted `skills` satisfaction by bin-name match, so `./skill-bin` could match `skillBins.has(\"skill-bin\")` after resolution.\n\nThe fix hardens skill auto-allow matching by requiring:\n- a pathless invocation token (no `/` or `\\\\`), and\n- a trusted resolved executable path for that skill bin on the machine where skills run.\n\nThis preserves normal `skill-bin ...` behavior while preventing `./\u003cskill-bin\u003e` and absolute-path basename collisions from auto-satisfying `skills`.\n\n### Impact\nIn affected non-default configurations, approval prompts could be skipped for commands that should have required operator confirmation.\n\n### Fix Commit(s)\n- `ffd63b7a2c4c6d5aeb4710ef951d5794ad7ad77b` (`fix(security): trust resolved skill-bin paths in allowlist auto-allow`)\n\nOpenClaw thanks @tdjackey for reporting.","modified":"2026-03-04T15:12:41.868546Z","published":"2026-03-03T22:13:53Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2026-03-03T22:13:53Z","nvd_published_at":null,"cwe_ids":["CWE-266","CWE-863"],"severity":"HIGH"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-7ff8-xjh3-mgh6"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/ffd63b7a2c4c6d5aeb4710ef951d5794ad7ad77b"},{"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":"2026.2.23"}]}],"database_specific":{"last_known_affected_version_range":"\u003c= 2026.2.22-2","source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-7ff8-xjh3-mgh6/GHSA-7ff8-xjh3-mgh6.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}