Advisory details:
vulnrichment / CVE-2026-31990
| Advisory ID | vulnrichment/CVE-2026-31990 |
| Aliases | |
| Summary | OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.2 contain a vulnerability in the stageSandboxMedia function in which it fails to validate destination symlinks during media staging, allowing writes to follow symlinks outside the sandbox workspace. Attackers can exploit this by placing symlinks in the media/inbound directory to overwrite arbitrary files on the host system outside sandbox boundaries. |
| 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 |
| System | Score | Found at |
|---|---|---|
| cvssv3.1 | 6.1 | |
| cvssv4 | 6.9 | |
| ssvc | Track |
| Reference id | Reference type | URL |
|---|---|---|
| 17ede52a4be3034f6ec4b883ac6b81ad0101558a | Other | https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/17ede52a4be3034f6ec4b883ac6b81ad0101558a |
| GHSA-cfvj-7rx7-fc7c | Advisory | https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-cfvj-7rx7-fc7c |
| openclaw-symlink-traversal-in-stagesandboxmedia-destination | Advisory | https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-symlink-traversal-in-stagesandboxmedia-destination |
No EPSS data available for this advisory.
| Patch URL | |
|---|---|
| There are no known patches. | |
| 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 high |
none low high |
none required |
unchanged changed |
high low none |
high low none |
high low none |
| 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/2026-03-19T17:02:57Z/
Decision: Track
Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/31xxx/CVE-2026-31990.json
Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2026-31990
[{'Exploitation': 'none'},
{'Automatable': 'no'},
{'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
{'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
{'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
{'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]