AI agent vulnerability · OpenClaw

GHSA-3w6x-gv34-mqpf: OpenClaw's mutating internal ACP chat commands missed operator.admin scope enforcement

highCVSS 4.0 7.1

Summary Mutating internal ACP chat commands missed the operator.admin gate that should separate read-only and mutating control-plane actions. 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) - 229426a257e49694a59fa4e3895861d02a4d767f…

Published Mar 26, 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

Mutating internal ACP chat commands missed the operator.admin gate that should separate read-only and mutating control-plane actions.

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)

229426a257e49694a59fa4e3895861d02a4d767f

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/auto-reply/reply/commands-acp.ts now requires operator.admin for mutating internal ACP actions.
src/auto-reply/reply/commands-acp.test.ts ships regression coverage for non-admin denial and admin success cases.

OpenClaw thanks @tdjackey for reporting.

Credited to tdjackey.

References

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