{"id":"CVE-2026-28447","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-28447","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:57:04.712Z","title":"OpenClaw versions 2026.1.29-beta.1 prior to 2026.2.1 contain a path traversal vulnerability in plugin installation that allows malicious plugin package names to escape the extensions directory.","description":"OpenClaw versions 2026.1.29-beta.1 prior to 2026.2.1 contain a path traversal vulnerability in plugin installation that allows malicious plugin package names to escape the extensions directory. Attackers can craft scoped package names containing path traversal sequences like .. to write files outside the intended installation directory when victims run the plugins install command.","published":"2026-03-05T22:16:17.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T10:28:39.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/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/M"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["openclaw/openclaw"],"epss":{"score":0.00377,"percentile":0.31396,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/d03eca8450dc493b198a88b105fd180895238e57","tags":["Patch"],"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-qrq5-wjgg-rvqw","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-beta-path-traversal-in-plugin-installation-via-package-name","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28447","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}