CVE-2026-32920

OpenClaw < 2026.3.12 - Arbitrary Code Execution via Auto-Discovery of Workspace Plugins

State: Published
Severity: 8.6 High
Published: Mar 31, 2026
Updated: Jun 23, 2026
Reserved: Mar 16, 2026

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.12 automatically discovers and loads plugins from .OpenClaw/extensions/ without explicit trust verification, allowing arbitrary code execution. Attackers can execute malicious code by including crafted workspace plugins in cloned repositories that execute when users run OpenClaw from the directory.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	8.6 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	8.4 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere

Affected Products

Product	Versions
OpenClawOpenClaw	before 2026.3.12Affected 2026.3.12Not affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-99qw-6mr3-36qr)vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.12 - Arbitrary Code Execution via Auto-Discovery of Workspace Pluginsthird-party-advisory

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