AI agent vulnerability · OpenClaw

GHSA-7jm2-g593-4qrc: OpenClaw: Agent gateway config mutations could change protected operator settings

mediumCVSS 4.0 6.0

Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw (npm) - Affected versions: < 2026.4.20 - Patched version: 2026.4.20 Impact The agent-facing gateway config.patch / config.apply guard did not cover several operator-trusted settings, including sandbox policy, plugin enablement, gateway auth/TLS, hook routing, MCP server configuration, SSRF policy, and filesystem hardening.

Published Apr 25, 2026

Affected packages

openclaw

Ecosystem: npm
Affected: < 2026.4.20
Fixed in: 2026.4.20
Check: npm ls openclaw

Advisory details

From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).

Affected Packages / Versions

Package: openclaw (npm)
Affected versions: < 2026.4.20
Patched version: 2026.4.20

Impact

The agent-facing gateway config.patch / config.apply guard did not cover several operator-trusted settings, including sandbox policy, plugin enablement, gateway auth/TLS, hook routing, MCP server configuration, SSRF policy, and filesystem hardening. A prompt-injected model with access to the owner-only gateway tool could persist changes to those settings.

This is a model-to-operator guard bypass, not a remote unauthenticated gateway compromise. Severity is medium.

Fix

OpenClaw now blocks model-driven gateway config mutations for the broader operator-trusted path set and covers per-agent overrides and array-entry patching.

Fix commit:

fe30b31a97a917ecc6e92f6c85378b6b20352422

Release

Fixed in OpenClaw 2026.4.20.

Credited to zsxsoft, KeenSecurityLab, qclawer.

References

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