GHSA-qrq5-wjgg-rvqw: OpenClaw has a Path Traversal in Plugin Installation

February 17, 2026

OpenClaw’s plugin installation path derivation could be abused by a malicious plugin package.json name to escape the intended extensions directory and write files to a parent directory.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-qrq5-wjgg-rvqw
github.com/openclaw/openclaw
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/d03eca8450dc493b198a88b105fd180895238e5
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.2.1
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-qrq5-wjgg-rvqw

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