CVE-2026-44111

OpenClaw before 2026.4.15 contains an arbitrary file read vulnerability in the QMD backend memory_get function that allows callers to read any Markdown files within the workspace root. Attackers with access to the memory tool can bypass path restrictions by providing arbitrary workspace Markdown paths to read files outside canonical memory locations or indexed QMD result sets.

OpenClaw before 2026.4.15 contains an arbitrary file read vulnerability in the QMD backend memory_get function that allows callers to read any Markdown files within the workspace root. Attackers with access to the memory tool can bypass path restrictions by providing arbitrary workspace Markdown paths to read files outside canonical memory locations or indexed QMD result sets.

OpenClaw before 2026.4.15 contains an arbitrary file read vulnerability in the QMD backend memory_get function that allows callers to read any Markdown files within the workspace root. Attackers with access to the memory tool can bypass path restrictions by providing arbitrary workspace Markdown paths to read files outside canonical memory locations or indexed QMD result sets.

Summary

The QMD backend memory_get read path accepted arbitrary workspace Markdown paths that were inside the workspace but outside the canonical memory locations or indexed QMD result set.

Impact

When the QMD backend was enabled, a caller with access to memory_get could read arbitrary *.md files under the configured workspace root, even when those files were not canonical memory files and had not been returned by QMD search. Severity remains low because exploitation requires access to the memory tool surface and is limited to workspace Markdown files, but it bypassed the intended memory-path policy.

Affected versions

• Affected: < 2026.4.15
• Patched: 2026.4.15

Fix

OpenClaw 2026.4.15 restricts QMD reads to canonical memory paths or previously indexed QMD workspace paths. Workspace containment alone is no longer sufficient.

Verified in v2026.4.15:

• extensions/memory-core/src/memory/qmd-manager.ts rejects non-default workspace Markdown paths unless they match an indexed QMD workspace read path.
• extensions/memory-core/src/memory/qmd-manager.test.ts covers QMD session search-result reads and the read-path restriction behavior.

Fix commit included in v2026.4.15 and absent from v2026.4.14:

• 37d5971db36491d5050efd42c333cbe0b98ed292 via PR #66026

Thanks to @zsxsoft, Keen Security Lab, and @qclawer for reporting this issue.

OpenClaw before 2026.4.15 contains an arbitrary file read vulnerability in the QMD backend memory_get function that allows callers to read any Markdown files within the workspace root. Attackers with access to the memory tool can bypass path restrictions by providing arbitrary workspace Markdown paths to read files outside canonical memory locations or indexed QMD result sets.

OpenClaw before 2026.4.15 contains an arbitrary file read vulnerability in the QMD backend memory_get function that allows callers to read any Markdown files within the workspace root. Attackers with access to the memory tool can bypass path restrictions by providing arbitrary workspace Markdown paths to read files outside canonical memory locations or indexed QMD result sets.

Summary

The QMD backend memory_get read path accepted arbitrary workspace Markdown paths that were inside the workspace but outside the canonical memory locations or indexed QMD result set.

Impact

When the QMD backend was enabled, a caller with access to memory_get could read arbitrary *.md files under the configured workspace root, even when those files were not canonical memory files and had not been returned by QMD search. Severity remains low because exploitation requires access to the memory tool surface and is limited to workspace Markdown files, but it bypassed the intended memory-path policy.

Affected versions

• Affected: < 2026.4.15
• Patched: 2026.4.15

Fix

OpenClaw 2026.4.15 restricts QMD reads to canonical memory paths or previously indexed QMD workspace paths. Workspace containment alone is no longer sufficient.

Verified in v2026.4.15:

• extensions/memory-core/src/memory/qmd-manager.ts rejects non-default workspace Markdown paths unless they match an indexed QMD workspace read path.
• extensions/memory-core/src/memory/qmd-manager.test.ts covers QMD session search-result reads and the read-path restriction behavior.

Fix commit included in v2026.4.15 and absent from v2026.4.14:

• 37d5971db36491d5050efd42c333cbe0b98ed292 via PR #66026

Thanks to @zsxsoft, Keen Security Lab, and @qclawer for reporting this issue.