Advisory details:
github_osv / GHSA-jfv4-h8mc-jcp8
| Advisory ID | github_osv/GHSA-jfv4-h8mc-jcp8 |
| Aliases |
CVE-2026-27486
|
| Summary | OpenClaw: Process Safety - Unvalidated PID Kill via SIGKILL in Process Cleanup ## Summary OpenClaw CLI process cleanup used system-wide process enumeration and pattern matching to terminate processes without verifying they were owned by the current OpenClaw process. On shared hosts, unrelated processes could be terminated if they matched the pattern. ## Affected Packages / Versions - Package: `openclaw` (npm) - Affected: `< 2026.2.14` (including the latest published version `2026.2.13`) - Fixed: `2026.2.14` (planned next release) ## Details The CLI runner cleanup helpers could kill processes matched by command-line patterns without validating process ownership. ## Fix Process cleanup is now scoped to owned processes only by filtering to direct child PIDs of the current process (`ppid == process.pid`) before sending signals. Hardening follow-ups: - Prefer graceful termination for resume cleanup (`SIGTERM`, then `SIGKILL` fallback). - Reduce false negatives from `ps` argv truncation by preferring wide output (`ps -axww`) with a fallback. - Tighten command-line token matching to avoid substring matches. ## Fix Commit(s) - 6084d13b956119e3cf95daaf9a1cae1670ea3557 - eb60e2e1b213740c3c587a7ba4dbf10da620ca66 ## Release Process Note This advisory is pre-set with patched version `2026.2.14`. After `2026.2.14` is published to npm, the remaining step should be to publish this advisory. Thanks @aether-ai-agent for reporting. |
| Status | Published |
| Exploitability | 0.5 |
| Weighted Severity | 3.9 |
| Risk | 1.9 |
| Affected and Fixed Packages | Package Details |
| Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches | Package Commit Patches Details |
| CWE-283 | Unverified Ownership |
| System | Score | Found at |
|---|---|---|
| cvssv4 | 4.3 | https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/02/GHSA-jfv4-h8mc-jcp8/GHSA-jfv4-h8mc-jcp8.json |
| generic_textual | MODERATE |
No EPSS data available for this advisory.
| Patch URL | |
|---|---|
| There are no known patches. | |
| Attack Vector (AV) | Attack Complexity (AC) | Attack Requirements (AT) | Privileges Required (PR) | User Interaction (UI) | Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC) | Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI) | Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA) | Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC) | Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI) | Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
network adjacent local physical |
low high |
none present |
none low high |
none passive active |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-02-24T18:17:10Z/
Decision: Track
Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/27xxx/CVE-2026-27486.json
Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2026-27486
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{'Automatable': 'no'},
{'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
{'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
{'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
{'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]