Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-32022

Title: Stdin-Only Policy Bypass in grep tool

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-32022.

CWE Category CWE-184

Published Date Mar 19, 2026

Modified Date May 26, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.0 CVSS v4.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.26%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-32022: OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.21 contain a stdin-only policy bypass vulnerability in the grep tool within tools.exec.safeBins that allows attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying a pattern via the -e flag parameter. Attackers can include a positional filename operand to bypass file access restrictions and read sensitive files.env from the working directory.

Impacted Vendors

openclaw 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/c6ee14d60e4cbd6a82f9b2d74ebeb1e8ee814964 https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-3xfw-4pmr-4xc5 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-arbitrary-file-read-via-grep-e-flag-policy-bypass

CVSS v4.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.0

Attack Vector

NETWORK

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:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/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