GHSA-g55j-c2v4-pjcg
OpenClaw vulnerable to Unauthenticated Local RCE via WebSocket config.apply
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
An unauthenticated local client could use the Gateway WebSocket API to write config via `config.apply` and set unsafe `cliPath` values that were later used for command discovery, enabling command injection as the gateway user.
### Impact
A local process on the same machine could execute arbitrary commands as the gateway process user.
### Details
- `config.apply` accepted raw JSON and wrote it to disk after schema validation.
- `cliPath` values were not constrained to safe executable names/paths.
- Command discovery used a shell invocation when resolving executables.
### Mitigation
Upgrade to a patched release. If projects cannot upgrade immediately, set `gateway.auth` and avoid custom `cliPath` values.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.