CVE-2026-32058: Openclaw OpenClaw Node System.run Approval Context-binding Vulnerability

{
  "schema_version" : "1.4.0",
  "id" : "GHSA-hjvp-qhm6-wrh2",
  "modified" : "2026-03-30T13:39:35Z",
  "published" : "2026-03-02T22:40:15Z",
  "aliases" : [ "CVE-2026-32058" ],
  "summary" : "OpenClaw Node system.run approval context-binding weakness in approval-enabled host=node flows",
  "details" : "### Summary\nIn approval-enabled `host=node` workflows, `system.run` approvals did not always carry a strict, versioned execution-context binding. In uncommon setups that rely on these approvals as an integrity guardrail, a previously approved request could be reused with changed env input.\n\n### Affected Packages / Versions\n- Package: npm `openclaw`\n- Latest published npm version at triage: `2026.2.25`\n- Affected range: `<= 2026.2.25`\n- Planned fixed version (next npm release): `2026.2.26`\n\n### Preconditions / Typical Exposure\nThis requires all of the following:\n- `system.run` usage through `host=node`\n- Exec approvals enabled and used as an execution-integrity control\n- Access to an approval id in the same context\n\nMost default single-operator local setups do not rely on this path, so practical exposure is typically lower.\n\n### Details\nApproval matching now uses a required versioned binding (`systemRunBindingV1`) over command argv, cwd, agent/session context, and env hash.\n\nThe fix:\n- Requires `commandArgv` when requesting `host=node` approvals.\n- Requires `systemRunBindingV1` when consuming approvals for node `system.run`.\n- Removes legacy non-versioned fallback matching and fails closed on missing/mismatched bindings.\n- Keeps env mismatch handling explicit and blocks `GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF` in host env policy.\n- Adds/updates regression and contract coverage for mismatch mapping and binding rules.\n\n### Impact\nConfiguration-dependent approval-integrity weakness in node-host exec approval flows. Severity remains `medium` because exploitation depends on this specific approval mode and context.\n\n### Fix Commit(s)\n- `10481097f8e6dd0346db9be0b5f27570e1bdfcfa`\n\n### Release Process Note\n`patched_versions` is pre-set to the planned next release (`2026.2.26`) so once npm release `2026.2.26` is published, the advisory can be published without further metadata edits.\n\nOpenClaw thanks @tdjackey for reporting.",
  "severity" : [ {
    "type" : "CVSS_V3",
    "score" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N"
  }, {
    "type" : "CVSS_V4",
    "score" : "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"
  } ],
  "affected" : [ {
    "package" : {
      "ecosystem" : "npm",
      "name" : "openclaw"
    },
    "ranges" : [ {
      "type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
      "events" : [ {
        "introduced" : "0"
      }, {
        "fixed" : "2026.2.26"
      } ]
    } ]
  } ],
  "references" : [ {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-hjvp-qhm6-wrh2"
  }, {
    "type" : "ADVISORY",
    "url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32058"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/10481097f8e6dd0346db9be0b5f27570e1bdfcfa"
  }, {
    "type" : "PACKAGE",
    "url" : "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"
  }, {
    "type" : "WEB",
    "url" : "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-approval-context-binding-weakness-in-system-run-via-host-node"
  } ],
  "database_specific" : {
    "cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-15", "CWE-863" ],
    "severity" : "LOW",
    "github_reviewed" : true,
    "github_reviewed_at" : "2026-03-02T22:40:15Z",
    "nvd_published_at" : null
  }
}