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Attackers can craft malicious tar.bz2 skill archives to bypass special-entry blocking and extracted-size guardrails, causing local denial of service during skill installation.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":6.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.0014,"percentile":0.03446,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-400","CWE-409"],"published":"2026-03-03T21:32:35Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:29Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","fixed_in":["2026.3.2"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2026.3.1"},{"fixed":"2026.3.2"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.3.2"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"openclaw","product":"openclaw"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-77hf-7fqf-f227","tags":["vendor-advisory","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/0dbb92dd2bcf9a32379d11c0f11ed016669dae3e","tags":["patch","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-tar-archive-safety-bypass-in-skills-installation","tags":["third-party-advisory","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-77hf-7fqf-f227"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32044","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r44j-6vwc-m7hx"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/32xxx/CVE-2026-32044.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-32044","title":"OpenClaw \u003c 2026.3.2 - Tar Archive Safety Bypass in Skills Installation","description":"OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.2 contain an archive extraction vulnerability in the tar.bz2 installer path that bypasses safety checks enforced on other archive formats. 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