CVE-2026-32002 OpenClaw < 2026.2.23 - Sandbox Boundary Bypass via Image Tool workspaceOnly Bypass

What is CVE-2026-32002?

CVE-2026-32002 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw, published on 19 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.23 contain a sandbox bypass vulnerability in the sandboxed image tool that fails to enforce tools.fs.workspaceOnly restrictions on mounted sandbox paths, allowing attackers to read out-of-workspace files. Attackers can load restricted mounted images and exfiltrate them through vision model provider requests to bypass sandbox confidentiality controls.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-32002?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including openclaw. It affects 1 product.

Products include Openclaw Openclaw.

How do I fix CVE-2026-32002?

Upgrade openclaw to 2026.2.23 or later.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2026-32002 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-32002 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Openclaw Openclaw

• CVE-2026-28363 Security feature bypass in OpenClaw Critical 9.9
• CVE-2026-30741 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-33579 OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 - Privilege Escalation via Missing Caller Scope Validation in Device Pair Approval Critical 9.4
• CVE-2026-32922 OpenClaw < 2026.3.11 - Privilege Escalation via Unvalidated Scope in device.token.rotate Critical 9.4
• CVE-2026-32978 OpenClaw < 2026.3.11 - Approval Bypass via Unrecognized Script Runners Critical 9.4

All Openclaw Openclaw vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-q6qf-4p5j-r25g, MINI-9pvp-x88c-m89x.