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Advisory details: gitlab / npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-29608
Advisory ID gitlab/npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-29608
Aliases CVE-2026-29608
GHSA-h3rm-6x7g-882f
Summary OpenClaw's Node system.run approval hardening wrapper semantic drift can execute unintended local scripts In `openclaw@2026.3.1`, node `system.run` approval-path hardening rewrote wrapper command argv in a way that changed execution semantics. A command shown/approved as a shell payload (for example `echo SAFE`) could execute a different local script when wrapper argv were rewritten.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command ('Argument Injection')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-29608.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw
CVE-2026-29608 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29608
dded569626b0d8e7bdab10b5e7528b6caf73a0f1 Other https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/dded569626b0d8e7bdab10b5e7528b6caf73a0f1
GHSA-h3rm-6x7g-882f https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-h3rm-6x7g-882f
GHSA-h3rm-6x7g-882f Advisory https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-h3rm-6x7g-882f
openclaw-approval-integrity-bypass-via-system-run-argv-rewriting Advisory https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-approval-integrity-bypass-via-system-run-argv-rewriting
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/openclaw/CVE-2026-29608.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-03-19T16:09:30Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/29xxx/CVE-2026-29608.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2026-29608

View SSVC decision tree 
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 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'total'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]