AI agent vulnerability · OpenClaw

CVE-2026-35666: OpenClaw's system.run allowlist can be bypassed through an unregistered time dispatch wrapper

highCVSS 4.0 7.7 · 3.1 8.8GHSA-qm9x-v7cx-7rq4

Summary Allow-always exec approvals did not unwrap /usr/bin/time, so an unregistered time wrapper could bypass executable binding and reuse approval state for the inner command. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw (npm) - Affected: = 2026.3.22 - Latest released tag checked: v2026.3.23-2 (630f1479c44f78484dfa21bb407cbe6f171dac87) - Latest published npm version checked: 2026.3.23-2 Fix Commit(s) -…

Published Mar 26, 2026 · Updated Apr 10, 2026

Affected packages

openclaw

Ecosystem: npm
Affected: < 2026.3.22
Fixed in: 2026.3.22
Check: npm ls openclaw

Advisory details

From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).

Summary

Allow-always exec approvals did not unwrap /usr/bin/time, so an unregistered time wrapper could bypass executable binding and reuse approval state for the inner command.

Affected Packages / Versions

Package: openclaw (npm)
Affected: < 2026.3.22
Fixed: >= 2026.3.22
Latest released tag checked: v2026.3.23-2 (630f1479c44f78484dfa21bb407cbe6f171dac87)
Latest published npm version checked: 2026.3.23-2

Fix Commit(s)

39409b6a6dd4239deea682e626bac9ba547bfb14

Release Status

The fix shipped in v2026.3.22 and remains present in v2026.3.23 and v2026.3.23-2.

Code-Level Confirmation

src/infra/dispatch-wrapper-resolution.ts now unwraps /usr/bin/time and binds approvals to the real inner executable.
src/infra/exec-approvals-allow-always.test.ts ships regression coverage for time-wrapper allow-always approval bypasses.

OpenClaw thanks @YLChen-007 for reporting.

Credited to YLChen-007.

References

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