Unexpected command execution via approval identity mismatch
Published Mar 21, 2026 · Updated Mar 21, 2026
Approval bypass in OpenClaw before 2026.2.25 allows remote authenticated users to execute an unexpected binary through system.run. The approval path renders a whitespace-trimmed command string for display and identity matching while system.run executes the original argv tokens, so a trailing-space executable remains distinct at runtime. Exploitation requires influence over command argv plus a reusable or obtainable matching approval context, and execution is limited to the OpenClaw runtime user's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Approval bypass in OpenClaw before 2026.2.25 allows remote authenticated users to execute an unexpected binary through system.run. The approval path renders a whitespace-trimmed command string for display and identity matching while system.run executes the original argv tokens, so a trailing-space executable remains distinct at runtime. Exploitation requires influence over command argv plus a reusable or obtainable matching approval context, and execution is limited to the OpenClaw runtime user's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-32065
- Published
- Mar 21, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 21, 2026
- Vendor
- OpenClaw Foundation
- Product
- OpenClaw
- Classifications
- CWE-436, CWE-863, T1059
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 21, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 21, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2026.2.25
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