GHSA-gq9c-wg68-gwj2: OpenClaw has a path traversal in browser trace/download output paths may allow arbitrary file writes

February 18, 2026

OpenClaw’s browser control API accepted user-supplied output paths for trace/download files without consistently constraining writes to OpenClaw-managed temporary directories.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-gq9c-wg68-gwj2
github.com/openclaw/openclaw
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/7f0489e4731c8d965d78d6eac4a60312e46a9426
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/15652
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-gq9c-wg68-gwj2

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