Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-28482

Title: Path Traversal in Transcript File Paths

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-28482.

CWE Category CWE-22

Published Date Mar 05, 2026

Modified Date Mar 23, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 8.4 CVSS v4.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.14%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-28482: OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.12 construct transcript file paths using unsanitized sessionId parameters and sessionFile paths without enforcing directory containment. Authenticated attackers can exploit path traversal sequences like ../../etc/passwd in sessionId or sessionFile parameters to read or write arbitrary files outside the agent sessions directory.

Impacted Vendors

openclaw 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/4199f9889f0c307b77096a229b9e085b8d856c26 https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/cab0abf52ac91e12ea7a0cf04fff315cf0c94d64 https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-5xfq-5mr7-426q https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-path-traversal-via-unsanitized-sessionid-and-sessionfile-parameters

CVSS v4.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

8.4

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

N/A

RAW VECTOR

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/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

CVSS v3.1