{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "openclaw"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2026.2.14"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-78"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-02-18T00:50:47Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "## Summary\n\nOpenClaw\u0027s exec-approvals allowlist supports a small set of \"safe bins\" intended to be stdin-only (no positional file arguments) when running `tools.exec.host=gateway|node` with `security=allowlist`.\n\nIn affected configurations, the allowlist validation checked pre-expansion argv tokens, but execution used a real shell (`sh -c`) which expands globs and environment variables. This allowed safe bins like `head`, `tail`, or `grep` to read arbitrary local files via tokens such as `*` or `$HOME/...` without triggering approvals.\n\nThis issue is configuration-dependent and is not exercised by default settings (default `tools.exec.host` is `sandbox`).\n\n## Affected Packages / Versions\n\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Affected: `\u003c= 2026.2.13`\n- Patched: `\u003e= 2026.2.14` (planned; publish the advisory after the npm release is out)\n\n## Impact\n\nAn authorized but untrusted caller (or prompt-injection) could cause the gateway/node process to disclose files readable by that process when host execution is enabled in allowlist mode.\n\n## Fix\n\nSafe-bins executions now force argv tokens to be treated as literal text at execution time (single-quoted), preventing globbing and `$VARS` expansion from turning \"safe\" tokens into file paths.\n\n## Fix Commit(s)\n\n- 77b89719d5b7e271f48b6f49e334a8b991468c3b\n\n## Release Process Note\n\n`patched_versions` is pre-set for the next planned release (`\u003e= 2026.2.14`) so publishing is a single click once that npm version is available.\n\nThanks @christos-eth for reporting.",
  "id": "GHSA-xvhf-x56f-2hpp",
  "modified": "2026-02-18T00:50:47Z",
  "published": "2026-02-18T00:50:47Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-xvhf-x56f-2hpp"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/77b89719d5b7e271f48b6f49e334a8b991468c3b"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.2.14"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "OpenClaw exec approvals: safeBins could bypass stdin-only constraints via shell expansion"
}