{"id":"GHSA-qcc4-p59m-p54m","aliases":[],"status":"published","title":"OpenClaw: Sandbox dangling-symlink alias handling could bypass workspace-only write boundary","description":"### Summary\nA sandbox boundary-validation gap in symlink alias handling allowed certain workspace-only write paths to be treated as in-boundary even when they could resolve outside the workspace/sandbox root.\n\n### Affected Packages / Versions\n- Package: npm `openclaw`\n- Affected versions: `\u003c= 2026.2.25`\n- Latest published npm version included in affected range: `2026.2.25` (checked on February 26, 2026)\n- Patched version (pre-set for release): `2026.2.26`\n\n### Technical Details\nIn affected versions, dangling symlink hops could be accepted during boundary checks under missing-target conditions. For workspace-only write flows (including `apply_patch`), this could allow writes to resolve outside the configured workspace/sandbox boundary.\n\nThe fix resolves symlink targets through existing ancestors and fails closed when canonical resolution escapes the configured boundary.\n\n### Impact\n- Boundary-confined write operations could be redirected outside the configured workspace/sandbox root.\n- Primary impact is integrity of host-side files reachable from that path resolution.\n\n### Fix Commit(s)\n- `4fd29a35bb85a1898ebff518364c467058b50e14`\n\n### Release Process Note\n`patched_versions` is pre-set to the planned next release (`2026.2.26`) so once npm `2026.2.26` is published, the advisory can be published without further field edits.\n\nThanks @tdjackey for reporting.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","from":"ghsa"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-367","CWE-59"],"published":"2026-03-12T14:21:54Z","modified":"2026-03-14T02:39:11Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","fixed_in":["2026.2.26"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"2026.2.25"},{"fixed":"2026.2.26"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.2.26"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-qcc4-p59m-p54m","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/4fd29a35bb85a1898ebff518364c467058b50e14","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qcc4-p59m-p54m"},{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-qcc4-p59m-p54m","title":"OpenClaw: Sandbox dangling-symlink alias handling could bypass workspace-only write boundary","description":"### Summary\nA sandbox boundary-validation gap in symlink alias handling allowed certain workspace-only write paths to be treated as in-boundary even when they could resolve outside the workspace/sandbox root.\n\n### Affected Packages / Versions\n- Package: npm `openclaw`\n- Affected versions: `\u003c= 2026.2.25`\n- Latest published npm version included in affected range: `2026.2.25` (checked on February 26, 2026)\n- Patched version (pre-set for release): `2026.2.26`\n\n### Technical Details\nIn affected versions, dangling symlink hops could be accepted during boundary checks under missing-target conditions. For workspace-only write flows (including `apply_patch`), this could allow writes to resolve outside the configured workspace/sandbox boundary.\n\nThe fix resolves symlink targets through existing ancestors and fails closed when canonical resolution escapes the configured boundary.\n\n### Impact\n- Boundary-confined write operations could be redirected outside the configured workspace/sandbox root.\n- Primary impact is integrity of host-side files reachable from that path resolution.\n\n### Fix Commit(s)\n- `4fd29a35bb85a1898ebff518364c467058b50e14`\n\n### Release Process Note\n`patched_versions` is pre-set to the planned next release (`2026.2.26`) so once npm `2026.2.26` is published, the advisory can be published without further field edits.\n\nThanks @tdjackey for reporting.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-12T14:21:54Z","modified":"2026-03-12T14:21:54Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-59","CWE-367"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:39:35.644357Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-qcc4-p59m-p54m","title":"OpenClaw: Sandbox dangling-symlink alias handling could bypass workspace-only write boundary","description":"### Summary\nA sandbox boundary-validation gap in symlink alias handling allowed certain workspace-only write paths to be treated as in-boundary even when they could resolve outside the workspace/sandbox root.\n\n### Affected Packages / Versions\n- Package: npm `openclaw`\n- Affected versions: `\u003c= 2026.2.25`\n- Latest published npm version included in affected range: `2026.2.25` (checked on February 26, 2026)\n- Patched version (pre-set for release): `2026.2.26`\n\n### Technical Details\nIn affected versions, dangling symlink hops could be accepted during boundary checks under missing-target conditions. For workspace-only write flows (including `apply_patch`), this could allow writes to resolve outside the configured workspace/sandbox boundary.\n\nThe fix resolves symlink targets through existing ancestors and fails closed when canonical resolution escapes the configured boundary.\n\n### Impact\n- Boundary-confined write operations could be redirected outside the configured workspace/sandbox root.\n- Primary impact is integrity of host-side files reachable from that path resolution.\n\n### Fix Commit(s)\n- `4fd29a35bb85a1898ebff518364c467058b50e14`\n\n### Release Process Note\n`patched_versions` is pre-set to the planned next release (`2026.2.26`) so once npm `2026.2.26` is published, the advisory can be published without further field edits.\n\nThanks @tdjackey for reporting.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-12T14:21:54Z","modified":"2026-03-14T02:39:11.765229Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-367","CWE-59"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:54.40888Z"}]}}