mediumCVSS 6.5Vulnerability

GHSA-8jhh-jcqg-mj5p

## Summary In affected versions of `openclaw`, channel-initiated config mutations were authorized against the originating account's `configWrites` policy but did not consistently re-check the targeted account scope. An authorized sender on one account could mutate protected sibling-account configuration when the target account had `configWrites: false`. ## Impact This is an account-scoped policy bypass inside a single gateway deployment. Channel commands such as `/config set channels.<provider>.accounts.<id>...` and config-backed `/allowlist ... --config --account <id>` could modify protected sibling-account configuration. ## Affected Packages and Versions - Package: `openclaw` (npm) - Affected versions: `<= 2026.3.8` - Fixed in: `2026.3.11` ## Technical Details The mutation path validated the origin account scope but did not consistently authorize every resolved target scope. Ambiguous collection and root writes under `channels` and `channels.<provider>.accounts` could therefore reach protected account configuration from channel command surfaces. ## Fix OpenClaw now authorizes config mutations against both the origin scope and each resolved target scope, and it rejects ambiguous root and collection writes from channel commands unless the caller is an internal gateway client with `operator.admin`. The fix shipped in `[email protected]`. ## Workarounds Upgrade to `2026.3.11` or later.

Properties

ghsa_id
GHSA-8jhh-jcqg-mj5p
severity
medium
summary
OpenClaw: Channel commands could bypass account-scoped `configWrites` restrictions
cvss_score
6.5
cve_id
GHSA-8jhh-jcqg-mj5p
cvss_vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
is_ghsa_only
true
ghsa_published
2026-03-13T15:47:59Z
source_url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8jhh-jcqg-mj5p
ghsa_updated
2026-03-13T15:48:00Z

Related Entities (4)

AFFECTS (1)

[Software]npm/OpenClaw

HAS_WEAKNESS (2)

[Weakness]Missing Authorization
[Weakness]Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

REPORTED_BY (1)

[Source]GitHub Advisory Database

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