{"id":"CVE-2026-28393","aliases":["EUVD-2026-9893","GHSA-7xhj-55q9-pc3m"],"status":"published","title":"OpenClaw 2.0.0-beta3 \u003c 2026.2.14 - Arbitrary JavaScript Module Loading via Hook Transform Path Traversal","description":"OpenClaw versions 2.0.0-beta3 prior to 2026.2.14 contain a path traversal vulnerability in hook transform module loading that allows arbitrary JavaScript execution. The hooks.mappings[].transform.module parameter accepts absolute paths and traversal sequences, enabling attackers with configuration write access to load and execute malicious modules with gateway process privileges.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":8.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.0051,"percentile":0.43958,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-22","CWE-427"],"published":"2026-03-03T18:09:54Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:55Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","fixed_in":["2026.2.14"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.0.0-beta3"},{"last_affected":"2026.2.13"},{"fixed":"2026.2.14"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"2.0.0-beta3"},{"fixed":"2026.2.14"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"openclaw","product":"openclaw"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-7xhj-55q9-pc3m","tags":["vendor-advisory","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/a0361b8ba959e8506dc79d638b6e6a00d12887e4","tags":["patch","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/18e8bd68c5015a894f999c6d5e6e32468965bfb5","tags":["patch","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-beta-arbitrary-javascript-module-loading-via-hook-transform-path-traversal","tags":["third-party-advisory","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28393","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7xhj-55q9-pc3m"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/28xxx/CVE-2026-28393.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-28393","title":"OpenClaw 2.0.0-beta3 \u003c 2026.2.14 - Arbitrary JavaScript Module Loading via Hook Transform Path Traversal","description":"OpenClaw versions 2.0.0-beta3 prior to 2026.2.14 contain a path traversal vulnerability in hook transform module loading that allows arbitrary JavaScript execution. The hooks.mappings[].transform.module parameter accepts absolute paths and traversal sequences, enabling attackers with configuration write access to load and execute malicious modules with gateway process privileges.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-05T21:59:22.003Z","modified":"2026-03-11T13:33:46.364Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:20:02.290587Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-9893","description":"OpenClaw versions 2.0.0-beta3 prior to 2026.2.14 contain a path traversal vulnerability in hook transform module loading that allows arbitrary JavaScript execution. The hooks.mappings[].transform.module parameter accepts absolute paths and traversal sequences, enabling attackers with configuration write access to load and execute malicious modules with gateway process privileges.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-05T21:59:22Z","modified":"2026-03-11T13:33:46Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:25:37.650533Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-7xhj-55q9-pc3m","title":"OpenClaw's hook transform module path allows traversal and arbitrary JavaScript module loading","description":"## Summary\n\nOpenClaw hook mapping transforms could be loaded via absolute paths or `..` traversal, allowing arbitrary JavaScript module loading/execution in the gateway process when an attacker can modify hooks configuration.\n\n## Affected Versions\n\n- Affected: \u003e= 2.0.0-beta3 and \u003c= 2026.2.13\n- Fixed: 2026.2.14\n\n## Details\n\n`hooks.mappings[].transform.module` is dynamically imported and executed during webhook processing. Path resolution previously accepted absolute paths and did not enforce containment for relative paths, so a config-controlled transform could resolve outside the intended transforms directory.\n\n## Impact\n\nIf an attacker can write the OpenClaw config (or otherwise update hooks config through authenticated configuration mechanisms), they could point a hook mapping transform at an arbitrary module on disk and execute code with the gateway process privileges.\n\n## Reproduction (config-controlled module load)\n\n1. Configure a hook mapping that points to a transform path that escapes the transforms directory (for example via `..` traversal).\n2. Place a malicious ESM module at the resolved location that executes arbitrary code in the gateway process.\n3. Trigger the hook endpoint with the correct hook token.\n\n## Fix\n\nTransform loading is now constrained to the OpenClaw transforms root directory:\n\n- Root: `~/.openclaw/hooks/transforms`\n- `hooks.transformsDir` must be within that directory\n- `transform.module` must be within the selected transforms directory\n\nAttempts to escape the root (absolute paths outside, `..` traversal) are rejected.\n\nFix commit(s):\n\n- a0361b8ba959e8506dc79d638b6e6a00d12887e4\n- 18e8bd68c5015a894f999c6d5e6e32468965bfb5\n\n## Credits\n\nOpenClaw thanks @akhmittra for reporting.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-03T18:09:54Z","modified":"2026-03-06T01:00:09Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"},{"version":"3.1","score":6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-22","CWE-427"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:39:32.329372Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-28393","description":"OpenClaw versions 2.0.0-beta3 prior to 2026.2.14 contain a path traversal vulnerability in hook transform module loading that allows arbitrary JavaScript execution. The hooks.mappings[].transform.module parameter accepts absolute paths and traversal sequences, enabling attackers with configuration write access to load and execute malicious modules with gateway process privileges.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-05T22:16:15.767Z","modified":"2026-06-17T10:28:32.39Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:07.852448Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-28393","title":"OpenClaw 2.0.0-beta3 \u003c 2026.2.14 - Arbitrary JavaScript Module Loading via Hook Transform Path Traversal","description":"OpenClaw versions 2.0.0-beta3 prior to 2026.2.14 contain a path traversal vulnerability in hook transform module loading that allows arbitrary JavaScript execution. The hooks.mappings[].transform.module parameter accepts absolute paths and traversal sequences, enabling attackers with configuration write access to load and execute malicious modules with gateway process privileges.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-05T21:59:22.003Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:55.149611065Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:00.180685Z"},{"id":"GHSA-7xhj-55q9-pc3m","title":"OpenClaw's hook transform module path allows traversal and arbitrary JavaScript module loading","description":"## Summary\n\nOpenClaw hook mapping transforms could be loaded via absolute paths or `..` traversal, allowing arbitrary JavaScript module loading/execution in the gateway process when an attacker can modify hooks configuration.\n\n## Affected Versions\n\n- Affected: \u003e= 2.0.0-beta3 and \u003c= 2026.2.13\n- Fixed: 2026.2.14\n\n## Details\n\n`hooks.mappings[].transform.module` is dynamically imported and executed during webhook processing. Path resolution previously accepted absolute paths and did not enforce containment for relative paths, so a config-controlled transform could resolve outside the intended transforms directory.\n\n## Impact\n\nIf an attacker can write the OpenClaw config (or otherwise update hooks config through authenticated configuration mechanisms), they could point a hook mapping transform at an arbitrary module on disk and execute code with the gateway process privileges.\n\n## Reproduction (config-controlled module load)\n\n1. Configure a hook mapping that points to a transform path that escapes the transforms directory (for example via `..` traversal).\n2. Place a malicious ESM module at the resolved location that executes arbitrary code in the gateway process.\n3. Trigger the hook endpoint with the correct hook token.\n\n## Fix\n\nTransform loading is now constrained to the OpenClaw transforms root directory:\n\n- Root: `~/.openclaw/hooks/transforms`\n- `hooks.transformsDir` must be within that directory\n- `transform.module` must be within the selected transforms directory\n\nAttempts to escape the root (absolute paths outside, `..` traversal) are rejected.\n\nFix commit(s):\n\n- a0361b8ba959e8506dc79d638b6e6a00d12887e4\n- 18e8bd68c5015a894f999c6d5e6e32468965bfb5\n\n## Credits\n\nOpenClaw thanks @akhmittra for reporting.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-03T18:09:54Z","modified":"2026-03-06T01:16:25.062189Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"},{"version":"4.0","score":8.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-22","CWE-427"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:41.732368Z"}]}}