CVE-2026-32033: OpenClaw has a workspace-only sandbox guard mismatch for @-prefixed absolute paths

March 3, 2026 (updated March 19, 2026)

A workspace-only file-system guard mismatch allowed @-prefixed absolute paths to bypass boundary validation in some tool path checks.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-27cr-4p5m-74rj
github.com/openclaw/openclaw
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/9ef0fc2ff8fa7b145d1e746d6eb030b1bf692260
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-27cr-4p5m-74rj
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32033

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