{"id":"GHSA-mwxv-35wr-4vvj","summary":"OpenClaw has gateway plugin auth bypass via encoded dot-segment traversal in protected /api/channels paths","details":"### Summary\nGateway plugin route auth protection for `/api/channels` could be bypassed using encoded dot-segment traversal (for example `..%2f`) in path variants that plugin handlers normalize.\n\n### Affected Packages / Versions\n- Package: npm `openclaw`\n- Latest published vulnerable version: `2026.2.25`\n- Vulnerable version range: `\u003c= 2026.2.25`\n- Patched version: `2026.2.26` (planned next release)\n\n### Impact\nUnder affected versions, crafted alternate paths could bypass gateway auth checks for protected plugin channel routes when plugin handlers decode/canonicalize the incoming path and then route to `/api/channels/...` handlers.\n\n### Fix Commit(s)\n- `258d615c45527ffda37cecd08cd268f97461bde0`\n\n### Release Process Note\n`patched_versions` is pre-set to the planned next release (`2026.2.26`). After npm publish, maintainers only need to publish the advisory.\n\nOpenClaw thanks @zpbrent for reporting.","aliases":["CVE-2026-32036"],"modified":"2026-03-30T13:31:14.008158Z","published":"2026-03-03T18:54:35Z","database_specific":{"cwe_ids":["CWE-22","CWE-289"],"severity":"HIGH","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2026-03-03T18:54:35Z","nvd_published_at":"2026-03-19T22:16:39Z"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-mwxv-35wr-4vvj"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32036"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/258d615c45527ffda37cecd08cd268f97461bde0"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-authentication-bypass-via-encoded-dot-segment-traversal-in-api-channels"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openclaw","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/openclaw"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.2.26"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-mwxv-35wr-4vvj/GHSA-mwxv-35wr-4vvj.json","last_known_affected_version_range":"\u003c= 2026.2.25"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X"}]}