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CVE-2026-41366 medium CVSS 5.5

Vulnerability in openclaw (CVE-2026-41366)

Summary

Vulnerability in openclaw (CVE-2026-41366). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Exploitable via appendLocalMediaParentRoots. Mitigation: upgrade to 2026.3.31 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

Summary

Media Local Roots Self-Whitelisting in appendLocalMediaParentRoots Allows Model-Initiated Arbitrary Host File Read and Credential Exfiltration

Current Maintainer Triage

  • Status: narrow
  • Normalized severity: medium
  • Assessment: v2026.3.28 still self-whitelists media parent dirs in src/media/local-roots.ts, but only after config already permits tool-fs root expansion, so the impact is narrower than the default-critical framing.

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)

  • 1ca4261d7e055d0be141ed79ebb1365d0fbc7364 — 2026-03-30T17:15:03+01:00

OpenClaw thanks @tdjackey for reporting.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-41366 has been found in openclaw.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like appendLocalMediaParentRoots over the network to misuse the product.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: upgrade openclaw to 2026.3.31 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "openclaw CVE-2026-41366" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2026-41366 (openclaw) — CWE-552 / CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Attack surface: appendLocalMediaParentRoots / openclaw
Patched: 2026.3.31 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (CWE-552) exists in openclaw. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via appendLocalMediaParentRoots.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of openclaw. Attack surface: appendLocalMediaParentRoots / openclaw.

🔥 Severity

Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 2026.3.31.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'openclaw' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposure identify 
    grep -r 'openclaw' . | grep -v node_modules

    リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で openclaw を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。

  2. 2
    Apply patch patch 
    Upgrade openclaw to 2026.3.31

    ステージング環境で 2026.3.31 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。

  3. 3
    Post-deployment verification verify 
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

npm openclaw
[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.3.31"}]}]

References

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