What is CVE-2026-27522?

CVE-2026-27522 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-03-18.

How severe is CVE-2026-27522?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Openclaw

CVE-2026-27522

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.24 contain a local media root bypass vulnerability in sendAttachment and setGroupIcon message actions when sandboxRoot is unset. Attackers can hydrate media from local absolute paths to read arbitrary host…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.000 (5.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Openclaw — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-fqcm-97m6-w7rm) (third-party-advisory)
Patch Commit (patch)
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.2.24 - Arbitrary File Read via sendAttachment and setGroupIcon Message Actions (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-27522?: CVE-2026-27522 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-03-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-27522?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.