GHSA-mgrq-9f93-wpp5: OpenClaw: workspace path guard bypass on non-existent out-of-root symlink leaf

March 12, 2026

openclaw had a workspace boundary bypass in workspace-only path validation: when an in-workspace symlink pointed outside the workspace to a non-existent leaf, the first write could pass validation and create the file outside the workspace.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-mgrq-9f93-wpp5
github.com/openclaw/openclaw
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/1aef45bc060b28a0af45a67dc66acd36aef763c9
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/46eba86b45e9db05b7b792e914c4fe0de1b40a23
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-mgrq-9f93-wpp5

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