GHSA-mwxv-35wr-4vvj: OpenClaw has gateway plugin auth bypass via encoded dot-segment traversal in protected /api/channels paths

March 3, 2026

Gateway plugin route auth protection for /api/channels could be bypassed using encoded dot-segment traversal (for example ..%2f) in path variants that plugin handlers normalize.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-mwxv-35wr-4vvj
github.com/openclaw/openclaw
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-mwxv-35wr-4vvj

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