BREW-OPENCLAW-CLI-CVE-20… (GHSA-V3QC-WRWX-J3PW)

Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 17:21 – Updated: 2026-10-04 10:42 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
OpenClaw: Agentic Consent Bypass — LLM Agent Can Silently Disable Exec Approval via `config.patch`
Details

Summary

Agentic Consent Bypass: LLM Agent Can Silently Disable Exec Approval via config.patch

Current Maintainer Triage

  • Status: open
  • Normalized severity: high
  • Assessment: Maintainers accepted this issue, fixed it in 76411b2afc4ae721e36c12e0ea24fd23e2fed61e on 2026-03-27, and that fix shipped in v2026.3.28, so normalize it as a fixed released draft rather than a close-by-trust-model call.

Affected Packages / Versions

  • Package: openclaw (npm)
  • Latest published npm version: 2026.3.31
  • Vulnerable version range: <=2026.3.24
  • Patched versions: >= 2026.3.28
  • First stable tag containing the fix: v2026.3.28

Fix Commit(s)

  • 76411b2afc4ae721e36c12e0ea24fd23e2fed61e — 2026-03-27T09:42:15Z

OpenClaw thanks @YLChen-007 for reporting.

Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "fix": "bump",
        "range_state": "fixed",
        "upstream_fixed_in": "2026.3.28"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Homebrew",
        "name": "openclaw-cli",
        "purl": "pkg:brew/openclaw-cli"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "2026.1.29"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2026.3.28"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "confidence": "high",
    "source": "matched",
    "strategy": "registry",
    "upstream_evidence": [
      {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "key": "pkg:npm/openclaw@2026.9.8",
        "name": "openclaw",
        "strategy": "registry",
        "subject_version": "2026.9.8"
      }
    ]
  },
  "details": "## Summary\nAgentic Consent Bypass: LLM Agent Can Silently Disable Exec Approval via `config.patch`\n\n## Current Maintainer Triage\n- Status: open\n- Normalized severity: high\n- Assessment: Maintainers accepted this issue, fixed it in 76411b2afc4ae721e36c12e0ea24fd23e2fed61e on 2026-03-27, and that fix shipped in v2026.3.28, so normalize it as a fixed released draft rather than a close-by-trust-model call.\n\n## Affected Packages / Versions\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Latest published npm version: `2026.3.31`\n- Vulnerable version range: `\u003c=2026.3.24`\n- Patched versions: `\u003e= 2026.3.28`\n- First stable tag containing the fix: `v2026.3.28`\n\n## Fix Commit(s)\n- `76411b2afc4ae721e36c12e0ea24fd23e2fed61e` \u2014 2026-03-27T09:42:15Z\n\nOpenClaw thanks @YLChen-007 for reporting.",
  "id": "BREW-openclaw-cli-CVE-2026-41349",
  "modified": "2026-10-04T10:42:18Z",
  "published": "2026-08-13T17:21:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-v3qc-wrwx-j3pw"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/76411b2afc4ae721e36c12e0ea24fd23e2fed61e"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "OpenClaw: Agentic Consent Bypass \u2014 LLM Agent Can Silently Disable Exec Approval via `config.patch`",
  "upstream": [
    "GHSA-v3qc-wrwx-j3pw",
    "CVE-2026-41349"
  ]
}



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