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Advisory details: gitlab / npm/openclaw/GHSA-r5fq-947m-xm57
Advisory ID gitlab/npm/openclaw/GHSA-r5fq-947m-xm57
Aliases GHSA-r5fq-947m-xm57
Summary OpenClaw has a path traversal in apply_patch could write/delete files outside the workspace In affected versions, when `apply_patch` was enabled and the agent ran without filesystem sandbox containment, crafted paths could cause file writes/deletes outside the configured workspace directory.
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-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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/GHSA-r5fq-947m-xm57.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/5544646a09c0121fca7d7093812dc2de8437c7f1
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/16405
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.2.14
GHSA-r5fq-947m-xm57 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r5fq-947m-xm57
GHSA-r5fq-947m-xm57 https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-r5fq-947m-xm57
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/openclaw/GHSA-r5fq-947m-xm57.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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none

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required

unchanged

changed

high

low

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high

low

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low

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There are no SSVC decisions available.