Advisories

OpenClaw < 2026.5.18 - Command Truncation in Exec Approval Display

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severity
high
date
Affecting
  • OpenClaw >= 0, < 2026.5.18

CWE
  • CWE-451 User Interface (UI) Misrepresentation of Critical Information
CVSS
8.5
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
cantinagen, Ellahi (@Ellahinator)
Description
OpenClaw before 2026.5.18 contains an approval display truncation vulnerability allowing authenticated users to hide command suffixes from approvers. Attackers can submit oversized exec commands with benign prefixes and malicious suffixes to execute unauthorized operations after approval.

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