{"id":"GHSA-qrp5-gfw2-gxv4","summary":"OpenClaw: Bundled MCP/LSP tools could bypass configured tool policy","details":"## Affected Packages / Versions\n\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Affected versions: `\u003c 2026.4.20`\n- Patched version: `2026.4.20`\n\n## Impact\n\nBundled MCP and LSP tools could be appended to the agent's effective tool set after the normal tool-policy pipeline had already filtered core tools. If an operator configured a restrictive policy, such as a tool profile, explicit allow/deny list, owner-only tool restriction, sandbox tool policy, or subagent tool policy, a bundled MCP/LSP tool could remain available even though the same policy would have denied it.\n\nThe issue required a configured bundled MCP or LSP tool source and an operator policy that should have restricted that tool. This was a local agent policy-enforcement bypass, not an unauthenticated remote gateway compromise. Severity is medium.\n\n## Fix\n\nOpenClaw now applies a final effective tool policy pass to bundled MCP/LSP tools before merging them into the tool set used by normal runs and compaction. The pass covers profile policy, provider profile policy, global/agent/group policies, owner-only filtering, sandbox tool policy, and subagent tool policy.\n\nFix commit:\n\n- `0e7a992d3f3155199c1acc2dd9a53c5b3a4d3ada`\n\n## Release\n\nFixed in OpenClaw `2026.4.20`.","aliases":["CVE-2026-44998"],"modified":"2026-07-08T08:12:10.102979288Z","published":"2026-04-25T23:50:38Z","database_specific":{"severity":"MODERATE","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2026-04-25T23:50:38Z","nvd_published_at":null,"cwe_ids":["CWE-862"]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-qrp5-gfw2-gxv4"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/0e7a992d3f3155199c1acc2dd9a53c5b3a4d3ada"},{"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":"2026.4.20"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-qrp5-gfw2-gxv4/GHSA-qrp5-gfw2-gxv4.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N"}]}