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Paper/Archive/CVE-2026-32973

CVE-2026-32973

OpenClaw OpenClaw — OpenClaw < 2026.3.11 - Exec Allowlist Pattern Overmatch via POSIX Path Normalization

EPSS 0.4%CVSS 9.8
critical.is priorityof 100
37
CVSS 9.8 (CNA)9.8 / 10 × 3029.4Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 35.6.356 × 207.1No public exploit+100.0SSVC exploitation: none+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

OpenClaw before 2026.3.11 contains an exec allowlist bypass vulnerability where matchesExecAllowlistPattern improperly normalizes patterns with lowercasing and glob matching that overmatches on POSIX paths. Attackers can exploit the ? wildcard matching across path segments to execute commands or paths not intended by operators.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
OpenClaw< 2026.3.112026.3.11CNA

Scores by source

VulnCheck (CNA)9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VulnCheck (CNA)8.8CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total

References

advisorygithub.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-f8r2-vg7x-gh8mwriteupvulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-exec-allowlist-pattern-overmatch-via-posix-path-normalization