{"answers":{"affected":"2 open source packages ship an affected version, including openclaw. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-31997 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade openclaw to 2026.3.1 or later.","what":"CVE-2026-31997 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw, published on 19 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-31997 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-31997 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw, published on 19 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-31997 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- openclaw (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 2026.3.1\n- openclaw (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 2026.3.1\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-2026-31997/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-31997/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-31997","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-31997/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-31997","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-q399-23r3-hfx4","MINI-fwpg-92f9-rh53"],"analysis":{"component_type":"developer_tool","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"OpenClaw CLI tool","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary commands by rebinding approved executables via PATH manipulation during system.run approvals in OpenClaw.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"race_condition"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulnCheck","cpe":[{"product":"openclaw","vendor":"openclaw"}],"cvss":{"score":4.4,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-367","name":"Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition"}],"description":"OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.1 fail to pin executable identity for non-path-like argv[0] tokens in system.run approvals, allowing post-approval executable rebind attacks. Attackers can modify PATH resolution after approval to execute a different binary than the operator approved, enabling arbitrary command execution.","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 \u003c 2026.3.1 - Executable Rebind via Unbound PATH-token in system.run Approvals","id":"CVE-2026-31997","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"npm","product":"openclaw:openclaw","products":["openclaw:openclaw"],"type":"race_condition","year":"2026"},"n_packages":2,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"OpenClaw 2026.2.22 \u003c 2026.2.24 - Authorization Bypass in Synology Chat Plugin via Empty allowedUserIds","id":"CVE-2026-31998"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["2026.3.1"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"openclaw","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-q399-23r3-hfx4"},{"ecosystem":"npm","fixed":["2026.3.1"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"openclaw","purl":"pkg:npm/openclaw","source":"GHSA-q399-23r3-hfx4"}],"prev":{"headline":"OpenClaw \u003c 2026.2.19 - safeBins stdin-only bypass via sort output and recursive grep flags","id":"CVE-2026-31996"},"products":["OpenClaw"],"published":"2026-03-19","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":"2026-06-23","vendors":["OpenClaw"]},"summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary commands by rebinding approved executables via PATH manipulation during system.run approvals in OpenClaw.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-31997/"}