CVE-2026-45224 Crabbox < 0.9.0 Path Traversal via Islo Provider Workspace Resolution

What is CVE-2026-45224?

CVE-2026-45224 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openclaw crabbox, published on 11 May 2026.

Official description

Crabbox before 0.9.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the Islo provider's workspace path resolution that allows attackers to supply absolute or relative paths that resolve outside the intended /workspace directory. Attackers can craft a malicious .crabbox.yaml or crabbox.yaml file with traversal sequences to cause arbitrary file deletion and overwrite when sync.delete is enabled, as the workspace preparation logic executes rm -rf and mkdir -p operations on the resolved path without proper validation.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-45224?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/openclaw/crabbox.

How do I fix CVE-2026-45224?

Upgrade github.com/openclaw/crabbox to 0.9.0 or later.

Is CVE-2026-45224 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-45224 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-3cjv-h753-qf7h, GO-2026-5079.