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Attackers can exploit positional carrier executable routing through dispatch wrappers to establish broader allowlist entries than intended, weakening execution approval boundaries.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-28T18:09:43Z","modified":"2026-04-29T12:45:49Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:05:20.318185Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-p4x4-2r7f-wjxg","title":"OpenClaw gateway exec allow-always over-trusts positional carrier executables","description":"## Summary\n\nAllow-always persistence could trust wrapper carrier executables instead of the actual invoked target when commands were routed through dispatch wrappers.\n\n## Impact\n\nA one-time approval could persist a broader future allowlist entry than the operator intended, weakening execution approval boundaries.\n\n## Affected Component\n\n`src/infra/exec-approvals-allowlist.ts`\n\n## Fixed Versions\n\n- Affected: `\u003c= 2026.3.24`\n- Patched: `\u003e= 2026.3.28`\n- Latest stable `2026.3.28` contains the fix.\n\n## Fix\n\nFixed by commit `9ec44fad39` (`Exec approvals: reject wrapper carrier allow-always targets`).","status":"published","published":"2026-04-01T00:02:20Z","modified":"2026-04-28T18:16:16Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:39:59.776263Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-41380","description":"OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains an execution approval vulnerability in exec-approvals-allowlist.ts that allows allow-always persistence to trust wrapper carrier executables instead of invoked targets. 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Attackers can exploit positional carrier executable routing through dispatch wrappers to establish broader allowlist entries than intended, weakening execution approval boundaries.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-28T18:09:43.488Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:14.241730334Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-807"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:03.764807Z"},{"id":"GHSA-p4x4-2r7f-wjxg","title":"OpenClaw gateway exec allow-always over-trusts positional carrier executables","description":"## Summary\n\nAllow-always persistence could trust wrapper carrier executables instead of the actual invoked target when commands were routed through dispatch wrappers.\n\n## Impact\n\nA one-time approval could persist a broader future allowlist entry than the operator intended, weakening execution approval boundaries.\n\n## Affected Component\n\n`src/infra/exec-approvals-allowlist.ts`\n\n## Fixed Versions\n\n- Affected: `\u003c= 2026.3.24`\n- Patched: `\u003e= 2026.3.28`\n- Latest stable `2026.3.28` contains the fix.\n\n## Fix\n\nFixed by commit `9ec44fad39` (`Exec approvals: reject wrapper carrier allow-always targets`).","status":"published","published":"2026-04-01T00:02:20Z","modified":"2026-05-05T16:11:34.519288Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:52.534897Z"}]}}