CVE-2026-32973highCWE-625

CVE-2026-32973: high-severity vulnerability in OpenClaw

OpenClaw < 2026.3.11 - Exec Allowlist Pattern Overmatch via POSIX Path Normalization

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21Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 8.8epss 0.4%
OpenClaw before 2026.3.11 contains an exec allowlist bypass vulnerability where matchesExecAllowlistPattern improperly normalizes patterns with lowercasing and glob matching that overmatches on POSIX paths. Attackers can exploit the ? wildcard matching across path segments to execute commands or paths not intended by operators.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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OpenClaw · OpenClaw
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