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An attacker with a sandboxed session can exploit this to spawn child runtimes with sandbox.mode set to off, bypassing runtime confinement restrictions.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":7.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00299,"percentile":0.22829,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-269","CWE-284","CWE-732"],"published":"2026-03-02T21:53:45Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:04Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","fixed_in":["2026.3.1"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.3.1"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.3.1"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"openclaw","product":"openclaw"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-p7gr-f84w-hqg5","tags":["vendor-advisory","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-sandbox-escape-via-cross-agent-sessions-spawn","tags":["third-party-advisory","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32048","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p7gr-f84w-hqg5"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wr92-6w3g-2hwc"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/32xxx/CVE-2026-32048.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-32048","title":"OpenClaw \u003c 2026.3.1 - Sandbox Escape via Cross-Agent sessions_spawn","description":"OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.1 fail to enforce sandbox inheritance during cross-agent sessions_spawn operations, allowing sandboxed sessions to create child processes under unsandboxed agents. An attacker with a sandboxed session can exploit this to spawn child runtimes with sandbox.mode set to off, bypassing runtime confinement restrictions.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-21T00:42:21.169Z","modified":"2026-06-23T16:14:58.575Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-732"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:19:57.47301Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-13943","description":"OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.1 fail to enforce sandbox inheritance during cross-agent sessions_spawn operations, allowing sandboxed sessions to create child processes under unsandboxed agents. An attacker with a sandboxed session can exploit this to spawn child runtimes with sandbox.mode set to off, bypassing runtime confinement restrictions.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-21T00:42:21Z","modified":"2026-06-23T16:14:58Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:20:32.273921Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-p7gr-f84w-hqg5","title":"OpenClaw's sandboxed sessions_spawn now enforces sandbox inheritance for cross-agent spawns","description":"### Summary\nA sandboxed session could use cross-agent `sessions_spawn` to create a child under an agent configured with `sandbox.mode=\"off\"`, downgrading runtime confinement.\n\n### Impact\nIn mixed-agent setups that allow cross-agent spawning, a sandboxed requester could escape into an unsandboxed child runtime.\n\n### Fix\nSpawn-time sandbox inheritance is now enforced: if the requester is sandboxed and the resolved child runtime would be unsandboxed, spawn is rejected.\n\n### Affected and Patched Versions\n- Affected: `\u003c= 2026.2.26`\n- Patched: `2026.3.1`","status":"published","published":"2026-03-02T21:53:45Z","modified":"2026-03-27T20:16:00Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":6.9,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-269","CWE-284","CWE-732"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:39:43.747579Z"},{"id":"GHSA-wr92-6w3g-2hwc","title":"Duplicate Advisory: OpenClaw's sandboxed sessions_spawn now enforces sandbox inheritance for cross-agent spawns","description":"## Duplicate Advisory\n\nThis advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-p7gr-f84w-hqg5. This link is maintained to preserve external references.\n\n## Original Description\nOpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.1 fail to enforce sandbox inheritance during cross-agent sessions_spawn operations, allowing sandboxed sessions to create child processes under unsandboxed agents. An attacker with a sandboxed session can exploit this to spawn child runtimes with sandbox.mode set to off, bypassing runtime confinement restrictions.","status":"withdrawn","published":"2026-03-21T03:31:13Z","modified":"2026-03-27T20:15:23Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-732"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:39:43.747579Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-32048","description":"OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.1 fail to enforce sandbox inheritance during cross-agent sessions_spawn operations, allowing sandboxed sessions to create child processes under unsandboxed agents. 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