CVE-2026-100533

6.0 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (6.0). EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

OpenClaw versions before 2026.8.1 contain a path traversal vulnerability in the tools.fs.workspaceOnly feature where Unicode filename fallback can normalize validated parent directory components. Admitted requesters can exploit canonically equivalent sibling directories to read files outside the configured workspace boundary.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

6.0 medium

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

5.3 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 21% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2026-09-26
Modified: 2026-09-29
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-5rx7-34fw-64qg
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-before-2026.8.1-path-traversal-via-unicode-fallback

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