# GHSA-846p-hgpv-vphc: OpenClaw: QQ Bot structured payloads could read arbitrary local files

> Attackers can read arbitrary local files on the host via crafted QQ Bot structured payloads in OpenClaw.

- **Severity:** Not scored
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 7 Apr 2026

## What is GHSA-846p-hgpv-vphc?

GHSA-846p-hgpv-vphc is a path traversal vulnerability in openclaw, published on 7 Apr 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

## Summary

Before OpenClaw 2026.4.2, QQ Bot structured media payloads could read local files from attacker-chosen paths. A crafted structured payload could escape QQ Bot-owned media roots and cause arbitrary file reads on the host.

## Impact

Prompt-influenced structured payload output could exfiltrate any host file readable by the OpenClaw process through the QQ Bot media-send path. This was a real confidentiality bug on the host filesystem boundary.

## Affected Packages / Versions

- Package: `openclaw` (npm)
- Affected versions: `<= 2026.4.1`
- Patched versions: `>= 2026.4.2`
- Latest published npm version: `2026.4.1`

## Fix Commit(s)

- `2c45b06afdd6f7c621038b5419d8e661cff34a7f` — restrict QQ Bot structured payload local paths

## Release Process Note

The fix is present on `main` and is staged for OpenClaw `2026.4.2`. Publish this advisory after the `2026.4.2` npm release is live.

Thanks @feiyang666 of Tencent zhuque Lab (https://github.com/Tencent/AI-Infra-Guard) for reporting.

## Which versions are affected by GHSA-846p-hgpv-vphc?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including openclaw.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `openclaw` | npm | All versions | 2026.4.2 |
| `openclaw` | npm | All versions | 2026.4.2 |

## How do I fix GHSA-846p-hgpv-vphc?

Upgrade openclaw to 2026.4.2 or later.

## Is GHSA-846p-hgpv-vphc being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of GHSA-846p-hgpv-vphc in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for GHSA-846p-hgpv-vphc and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: GHSA-846p-hgpv-vphc is a path traversal vulnerability in openclaw, published on 7 Apr 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of GHSA-846p-hgpv-vphc in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- openclaw (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 2026.4.2
- openclaw (npm): affected all versions; fixed in 2026.4.2

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/GHSA-846p-hgpv-vphc/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/GHSA-846p-hgpv-vphc/index.md)
```

## Sources

- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-846p-hgpv-vphc

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