CVE-2026-35667: OpenClaw has incomplete Fix for CVE-2026-27486: Unvalidated SIGKILL in `!stop` Chat Command via `shell-utils.ts`

March 30, 2026 (updated April 10, 2026)

The !stop (and /bash stop) chat command kills background bash processes using SIGKILL directly, without first sending SIGTERM to allow graceful shutdown. This is because bash-command.ts imports killProcessTree() from src/agents/shell-utils.ts, which still contains the pre-CVE-2026-27486 aggressive kill logic, rather than from the patched src/process/kill-tree.ts.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-3298-56p6-rpw2
github.com/advisories/GHSA-jfv4-h8mc-jcp8
github.com/openclaw/openclaw
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-3298-56p6-rpw2
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35667

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