| Component | OpenClaw |
| Severity | medium (CVSS 4.4) |
| CVSS vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| Published (NVD) | 2026-02-21 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
| Affected versions | openclaw <= 2026.2.17 |
| Fixed in | see the vendor advisory |
| Weakness | CWE-61 |
| CISA KEV | not listed |
NVD description
OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant. In versions 2026.2.17 and below, skills/skill-creator/scripts/package_skill.py (a local helper script used when authors package skills) previously followed symlinks while building .skill archives. If an author runs this script on a crafted local skill directory containing symlinks to files outside the skill root, the resulting archive can include unintended file contents. If exploited, this vulnerability can lead to potential unintentional disclosure of local files from the packaging machine into a generated .skill artifact, but requires local execution of the packaging script on attacker-controlled skill contents. This issue has been fixed in version 2026.2.18.
What to do
- NVD lists no fixed version yet: follow the vendor advisory below and keep OpenClaw off the public internet until a fix ships.
- Do not expose the component's API or UI to the internet without authentication in front of it.
Sources
- NVD: CVE-2026-27485
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-r6h2-5gqq-v5v6
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/c275932aa4230fb7a8212fe1b9d2a18424874b3f
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/ee1d6427b544ccadd73e02b1630ea5c29ba9a9f0
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.2.19
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/20796
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