AI agent vulnerability · OpenClaw

CVE-2026-41377: OpenClaw: Security Scan Failure Does Not Block Plugin Installation (Fail-Open)

lowCVSS 4.0 2.0 · 3.1 4.6GHSA-cwq8-6f96-g3q4

Summary Security Scan Failure Does Not Block Plugin Installation (Fail-Open) Current Maintainer Triage - Status: open - Normalized severity: low - Assessment: Real in shipped v2026.3.28 plugin install flow, but low severity fits because it still requires an operator to choose installation of an untrusted package and the scan failure was visible rather than silent.

Published Apr 2, 2026 · Updated May 6, 2026

Affected packages

openclaw

Ecosystem: npm
Affected: <= 2026.3.28
Fixed in: 2026.3.31
Check: npm ls openclaw

Advisory details

From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).

Summary

Security Scan Failure Does Not Block Plugin Installation (Fail-Open)

Current Maintainer Triage

Status: open
Normalized severity: low
Assessment: Real in shipped v2026.3.28 plugin install flow, but low severity fits because it still requires an operator to choose installation of an untrusted package and the scan failure was visible rather than silent.

Affected Packages / Versions

Package: openclaw (npm)
Latest published npm version: 2026.3.31
Vulnerable version range: <=2026.3.28
Patched versions: >= 2026.3.31
First stable tag containing the fix: v2026.3.31

Fix Commit(s)

7a953a52271b9188a5fa830739a4366614ff9916 — 2026-03-30T15:36:08+01:00
44b993613601280d46a5b88190e46669fc13d669 — 2026-03-31T23:16:11+09:00
0d7f1e2c84eca65df7dee890d9c30e2a841c030a — 2026-03-31T23:27:20+09:00
bf96c67fd1954740aeabfadc7cfe3098bcfc6b68 — 2026-03-31T15:53:29+01:00

OpenClaw thanks @davidluzsilva for reporting.

Credited to davidluzsilva.

References

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