CVE-2026-32971

Description

## Summary In affected versions of `openclaw`, node-host `system.run` approvals could display only an extracted shell payload such as `jq --version` while execution still ran a different outer wrapper argv such as `./env sh -c 'jq --version'`. ## Impact This is an approval-integrity bug. An attacker who could place or select a local wrapper binary and induce a wrapper-shaped command could get local code executed after the operator approved misleading command text. ## Affected Packages and Versions - Package: `openclaw` (npm) - Affected versions: `<= 2026.3.8` - Fixed in: `2026.3.11` ## Technical Details Wrapper resolution normalized executables by basename and extracted inner shell payload text for approval display, while execution still preserved the full wrapper argv. Approval storage and UI therefore showed text that did not match the exact command OpenClaw would execute. ## Fix OpenClaw now binds approvals to the exact executed argv and keeps extracted shell payload text only as secondary preview data. The fix shipped in `[email protected]`. ## Workarounds Upgrade to `2026.3.11` or later.

How to fix CVE-2026-32971

To remediate CVE-2026-32971, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• —upgrade to 2026.3.11 or later

Is CVE-2026-32971 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 2026.3.11

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