CVE-2026-28457

OpenClaw < 2026.2.14 - Path Traversal in Sandbox Skill Mirroring via Name Parameter

State: Published
Severity: 5.6 Medium
Published: Mar 5, 2026
Updated: Mar 9, 2026
Reserved: Feb 27, 2026

Description

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 contain a path traversal vulnerability in sandbox skill mirroring (must be enabled) that uses the skill frontmatter name parameter unsanitized when copying skills into the sandbox workspace. Attackers who provide a crafted skill package with traversal sequences like ../ or absolute paths in the name field can write files outside the sandbox workspace root directory.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	5.6 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	6.1 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
OpenClawOpenClaw	before 2026.2.14Affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-xw4p-pw82-hqr7)vendor-advisory
Patch Commitpatch
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.2.14 - Path Traversal in Sandbox Skill Mirroring via Name Parameterthird-party-advisory

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