CVE-2026-32036
OpenClaw has gateway plugin auth bypass via encoded dot-segment traversal in protected /api/channels paths
Description
### Summary 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. ### Affected Packages / Versions - Package: npm `openclaw` - Latest published vulnerable version: `2026.2.25` - Vulnerable version range: `<= 2026.2.25` - Patched version: `2026.2.26` (planned next release) ### Impact Under affected versions, crafted alternate paths could bypass gateway auth checks for protected plugin channel routes when plugin handlers decode/canonicalize the incoming path and then route to `/api/channels/...` handlers. ### Fix Commit(s) - `258d615c45527ffda37cecd08cd268f97461bde0` ### Release Process Note `patched_versions` is pre-set to the planned next release (`2026.2.26`). After npm publish, maintainers only need to publish the advisory. OpenClaw thanks @zpbrent for reporting.
How to fix CVE-2026-32036
To remediate CVE-2026-32036, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2026.2.26 or later
Is CVE-2026-32036 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2026.2.26
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N |