Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-35632

RCE

Title: Symlink traversal leading to RCE

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-35632.

CWE Category CWE-61

Published Date Apr 09, 2026

Modified Date Apr 15, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.9 CVSS v4.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.32%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-35632: OpenClaw through 2026.2.22 contains a symlink traversal vulnerability in agents.create and agents.update handlers that use fs.appendFile on IDENTITY.md without symlink containment checks. Attackers with workspace access can plant symlinks to append attacker-controlled content to arbitrary files, enabling remote code execution via crontab injection or unauthorized access via SSH key manipulation.

Impacted Vendors

openclaw 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-7xr2-q9vf-x4r5 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-symlink-traversal-via-identity-md-appendfile-in-agents-create-update

CVSS v4.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.9

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: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/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

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.1

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns