Advisories

LobsterAI 2026.5.27 through 2026.9.23 Arbitrary Directory Deletion via Skill _meta.json

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severity
medium
date
Affecting
  • LobsterAI >= 2026.5.27, <= 2026.9.23

CWE
  • CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
CVSS
6.9
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
George Chen
Description
LobsterAI 2026.5.27 through 2026.9.23 contains an external control of file path vulnerability in the skills:delete IPC handler that trusts the openclawSourceDir value from a skill's _meta.json during uninstall. Attackers who convince a user to install a crafted skill can make uninstallation recursively delete arbitrary user-writable directories, such as the home directory, since the security scanner never inspects _meta.json.

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