AI agent vulnerability · OpenClaw

GHSA-g375-h3v6-4873: OpenClaw: Heartbeat owner downgrade missed local async exec completion events

mediumCVSS 4.0 6.0

Summary Heartbeat owner downgrade missed local async exec completion events. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw - Ecosystem: npm - Affected versions: = 2026.3.31 = 2026.4.10 Impact Local background exec completion text could be missed by heartbeat owner-downgrade detection, leaving a run in a more privileged context than intended after untrusted completion content.

Published Apr 17, 2026

Affected packages

openclaw

Ecosystem: npm
Affected: >= 2026.3.31, < 2026.4.10
Fixed in: 2026.4.10
Check: npm ls openclaw

Advisory details

From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).

Summary

Heartbeat owner downgrade missed local async exec completion events.

Affected Packages / Versions

Package: openclaw
Ecosystem: npm
Affected versions: >= 2026.3.31 < 2026.4.10
Patched versions: >= 2026.4.10

Impact

Local background exec completion text could be missed by heartbeat owner-downgrade detection, leaving a run in a more privileged context than intended after untrusted completion content.

Technical Details

The fix expands exec-completion detection to local background exec formats and adds targeted tests.

Fix

The issue was fixed in #64376. The first stable tag containing the fix is v2026.4.10, and [email protected] includes the fix.

Fix Commit(s)

19a2e9ddb5a8a494abcba812bb11f51075026a27
PR: #64376

Release Process Note

Users should upgrade to openclaw 2026.4.10 or newer. The latest npm release, 2026.4.14, already includes the fix.

Credits

Thanks to @zsxsoft, with sponsorship from @KeenSecurityLab and @qclawer for reporting this issue.

Credited to zsxsoft, qclawer, KeenSecurityLab.

References

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