{"answers":{"affected":"2 open source packages ship an affected version, including openclaw. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-26972 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade openclaw to 2026.2.13 or later.","what":"CVE-2026-26972 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw, published on 19 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-26972 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-26972 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw, published on 19 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-26972 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- openclaw (npm): affected from 2026.1.12; fixed in 2026.2.13\n- openclaw (npm): affected from 2026.1.12; fixed in 2026.2.13\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26972/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26972/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-26972","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26972/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-26972","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-xwjm-j929-xq7c"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_modify"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Personal AI assistant","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Authenticated attackers can exploit path traversal in browser downloads to write files outside the intended directory in OpenClaw.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[{"product":"openclaw","vendor":"openclaw"}],"cvss":{"score":6.7,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-22","name":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory"}],"description":"OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant. In versions 2026.1.12 through 2026.2.12, OpenClaw browser download helpers accepted an unsanitized output path. When invoked via the browser control gateway routes, this allowed path traversal to write downloads outside the intended OpenClaw temp downloads directory. This issue is not exposed via the AI agent tool schema (no `download` action). Exploitation requires authenticated CLI access or an authenticated gateway RPC token. Version 2026.2.13 fixes the issue.","ecosystems":["npm"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"OpenClaw has a Path Traversal in Browser Download Functionality","id":"CVE-2026-26972","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":"openclaw:openclaw","products":["openclaw:openclaw"],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2026"},"n_packages":2,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Discourse doesn't scope reviewable notes to user-visible reviewables","id":"CVE-2026-26973"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["2026.2.13"],"introduced":["2026.1.12"],"last_affected":[],"package":"openclaw","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-xwjm-j929-xq7c"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["2026.2.13"],"introduced":["2026.1.12"],"last_affected":[],"package":"openclaw","purl":"pkg:npm/openclaw","source":"GHSA-xwjm-j929-xq7c"}],"prev":{"headline":"PJSIP has a Heap-based Buffer Overflow vulnerability in its H.264 unpacketizer","id":"CVE-2026-26967"},"products":["openclaw"],"published":"2026-02-19","related":[{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"Security feature bypass in OpenClaw","id":"CVE-2026-28363","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-02-27"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2026-30741","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-11"},{"cvss_score":9.4,"headline":"OpenClaw \u003c 2026.3.28 - Privilege Escalation via Missing Caller Scope Validation in Device Pair Approval","id":"CVE-2026-33579","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-31"},{"cvss_score":9.4,"headline":"OpenClaw \u003c 2026.3.11 - Privilege Escalation via Unvalidated Scope in device.token.rotate","id":"CVE-2026-32922","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-29"},{"cvss_score":9.4,"headline":"OpenClaw \u003c 2026.3.11 - Approval Bypass via Unrecognized Script Runners","id":"CVE-2026-32978","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-29"},{"cvss_score":9.4,"headline":"OpenClaw \u003c 2026.3.12 - Scope Elevation in WebSocket Shared-Auth Connections","id":"CVE-2026-22172","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-20"},{"cvss_score":9.4,"headline":"OpenClaw \u003c 2026.2.14 - Remote Code Execution via Node Invoke Approval Bypass","id":"CVE-2026-28466","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-05"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-02-20","vendors":["openclaw"]},"summary":"Authenticated attackers can exploit path traversal in browser downloads to write files outside the intended directory in OpenClaw.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26972/"}