GHSA-hjvp-qhm6-wrh2
OpenClaw Node system.run approval context-binding weakness in approval-enabled host=node flows
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Summary
In approval-enabled `host=node` workflows, `system.run` approvals did not always carry a strict, versioned execution-context binding. In uncommon setups that rely on these approvals as an integrity guardrail, a previously approved request could be reused with changed env input.
### Affected Packages / Versions
- Package: npm `openclaw`
- Latest published npm version at triage: `2026.2.25`
- Affected range: `<= 2026.2.25`
- Planned fixed version (next npm release): `2026.2.26`
### Preconditions / Typical Exposure
This requires all of the following:
- `system.run` usage through `host=node`
- Exec approvals enabled and used as an execution-integrity control
- Access to an approval id in the same context
Most default single-operator local setups do not rely on this path, so practical exposure is typically lower.
### Details
Approval matching now uses a required versioned binding (`systemRunBindingV1`) over command argv, cwd, agent/session context, and env hash.
The fix:
- Requires `commandArgv` when requesting `host=node` approvals.
- Requires `systemRunBindingV1` when consuming approvals for node `system.run`.
- Removes legacy non-versioned fallback matching and fails closed on missing/mismatched bindings.
- Keeps env mismatch handling explicit and blocks `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` in host env policy.
- Adds/updates regression and contract coverage for mismatch mapping and binding rules.
### Impact
Configuration-dependent approval-integrity weakness in node-host exec approval flows. Severity remains `medium` because exploitation depends on this specific approval mode and context.
### Fix Commit(s)
- `10481097f8e6dd0346db9be0b5f27570e1bdfcfa`
### Release Process Note
`patched_versions` is pre-set to the planned next release (`2026.2.26`) so once npm release `2026.2.26` is published, the advisory can be published without further metadata edits.
OpenClaw thanks @tdjackey for reporting.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-hjvp-qhm6-wrh2
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32058
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/10481097f8e6dd0346db9be0b5f27570e1bdfcfa
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-approval-context-binding-weakness-in-system-run-via-host-node