{"id":"GHSA-7g8c-cfr3-vqqr","summary":"OpenClaw: Agent hook events could enqueue trusted system events from unsanitized external input","details":"## Summary\n\nAgent hook events could enqueue trusted system events from unsanitized external input.\n\n## Affected Packages / Versions\n\n- Package: `openclaw`\n- Ecosystem: npm\n- Affected versions: `\u003c 2026.4.10`\n- Patched versions: `\u003e= 2026.4.10`\n\n## Impact\n\nAgent hook dispatch could turn externally supplied hook metadata into trusted system events, allowing untrusted input to enter the agent as higher-trust context.\n\n## Technical Details\n\nThe fix sanitizes hook names and marks agent hook system events as untrusted before enqueueing them.\n\n## Fix\n\nThe issue was fixed in #64372. The first stable tag containing the fix is `v2026.4.10`, and `openclaw@2026.4.14` includes the fix.\n\n## Fix Commit(s)\n\n- `e3a845bde5b54f4f1e742d0a51ba9860f9619b29`\n- PR: #64372\n\n## Release Process Note\n\nUsers should upgrade to `openclaw` 2026.4.10 or newer. The latest npm release, `2026.4.14`, already includes the fix.\n\n## Credits\n\nThanks to @zsxsoft, with sponsorship from @KeenSecurityLab and @qclawer for reporting this issue.","aliases":["CVE-2026-43534"],"modified":"2026-05-08T01:51:16.670256Z","published":"2026-04-17T21:55:20Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed_at":"2026-04-17T21:55:20Z","nvd_published_at":"2026-05-05T12:16:19Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-269","CWE-345"],"severity":"MODERATE","github_reviewed":true},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-7g8c-cfr3-vqqr"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43534"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/64372"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/e3a845bde5b54f4f1e742d0a51ba9860f9619b29"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-unsanitized-external-input-in-agent-hook-events"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openclaw","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/openclaw"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.4.10"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-7g8c-cfr3-vqqr/GHSA-7g8c-cfr3-vqqr.json"}}],"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:H/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U"}]}