{"id":"CVE-2026-32973","aliases":["EUVD-2026-17011","GHSA-3pvp-95ff-24g4","GHSA-f8r2-vg7x-gh8m"],"status":"published","title":"OpenClaw \u003c 2026.3.11 - Exec Allowlist Pattern Overmatch via POSIX Path Normalization","description":"OpenClaw before 2026.3.11 contains an exec allowlist bypass vulnerability where matchesExecAllowlistPattern improperly normalizes patterns with lowercasing and glob matching that overmatches on POSIX paths. Attackers can exploit the ? wildcard matching across path segments to execute commands or paths not intended by operators.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00413,"percentile":0.35915,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-178","CWE-625"],"published":"2026-03-13T20:55:03Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:12Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","fixed_in":["2026.3.11"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2026.3.8"},{"fixed":"2026.3.11"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.3.11"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"openclaw","product":"openclaw"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-f8r2-vg7x-gh8m","tags":["vendor-advisory","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-exec-allowlist-pattern-overmatch-via-posix-path-normalization","tags":["third-party-advisory","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32973","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3pvp-95ff-24g4"},{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.3.11","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f8r2-vg7x-gh8m"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/32xxx/CVE-2026-32973.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-32973","title":"OpenClaw \u003c 2026.3.11 - Exec Allowlist Pattern Overmatch via POSIX Path Normalization","description":"OpenClaw before 2026.3.11 contains an exec allowlist bypass vulnerability where matchesExecAllowlistPattern improperly normalizes patterns with lowercasing and glob matching that overmatches on POSIX paths. Attackers can exploit the ? wildcard matching across path segments to execute commands or paths not intended by operators.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-29T12:44:25.567Z","modified":"2026-06-23T16:15:25.363Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna"},{"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":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-625"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:19:57.47301Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-17011","description":"OpenClaw before 2026.3.11 contains an exec allowlist bypass vulnerability where matchesExecAllowlistPattern improperly normalizes patterns with lowercasing and glob matching that overmatches on POSIX paths. 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In addition, the `?` wildcard could match `/`, which allowed matches to cross path segments.\n\n### Impact\n\nThese matching rules could overmatch allowlist entries and permit commands or executable paths that an operator did not intend to approve.\n\n### Affected versions\n\n`openclaw` `\u003c= 2026.3.8`\n\n### Patch\n\nFixed in `openclaw` `2026.3.11` and included in later releases such as `2026.3.12`. Exec allowlist matching now respects the intended path semantics, and regression tests cover the POSIX case-folding and slash-crossing cases.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-13T20:55:03Z","modified":"2026-03-13T20:55:05Z","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:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-178","CWE-625"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:39:35.644357Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-32973","description":"OpenClaw before 2026.3.11 contains an exec allowlist bypass vulnerability where matchesExecAllowlistPattern improperly normalizes patterns with lowercasing and glob matching that overmatches on POSIX paths. 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Attackers can exploit the ? wildcard matching across path segments to execute commands or paths not intended by operators.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-29T12:44:25.567Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:12.250517208Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-625"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:01.548715Z"},{"id":"GHSA-f8r2-vg7x-gh8m","title":"OpenClaw: Exec approval allowlist patterns overmatched on POSIX paths","description":"### Summary\n\n`matchesExecAllowlistPattern` normalized patterns and targets with lowercasing and compiled glob matching too broadly on POSIX. In addition, the `?` wildcard could match `/`, which allowed matches to cross path segments.\n\n### Impact\n\nThese matching rules could overmatch allowlist entries and permit commands or executable paths that an operator did not intend to approve.\n\n### Affected versions\n\n`openclaw` `\u003c= 2026.3.8`\n\n### Patch\n\nFixed in `openclaw` `2026.3.11` and included in later releases such as `2026.3.12`. Exec allowlist matching now respects the intended path semantics, and regression tests cover the POSIX case-folding and slash-crossing cases.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-13T20:55:03Z","modified":"2026-07-08T07:35:46.370111113Z","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:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-178","CWE-625"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:46.006631Z"}]}}