CVE-2026-32008: OpenClaw browser navigation guard allowed non-network URL schemes, enabling authenticated browser-tool users to access file:// local files

March 3, 2026 (updated March 19, 2026)

assertBrowserNavigationAllowed() validated only http:/https: network targets but implicitly allowed other schemes. An authenticated gateway user could navigate browser sessions to file:// URLs and read local files via browser snapshot/extraction flows.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-45cg-2683-gfmq
github.com/openclaw/openclaw
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/220bd95eff6838234e8b4b711f86d4565e16e401
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-45cg-2683-gfmq
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32008

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