OpenClaw's system.run allowlist can be bypassed through an unregistered time dispatch wrapper

Summary

Allow-always exec approvals did not unwrap /usr/bin/time, so an unregistered time wrapper could bypass executable binding and reuse approval state for the inner command.

Affected Packages / Versions

• Package: openclaw (npm)
• Affected: < 2026.3.22
• Fixed: >= 2026.3.22
• Latest released tag checked: v2026.3.23-2 (630f1479c44f78484dfa21bb407cbe6f171dac87)
• Latest published npm version checked: 2026.3.23-2

Fix Commit(s)

• 39409b6a6dd4239deea682e626bac9ba547bfb14

Release Status

The fix shipped in v2026.3.22 and remains present in v2026.3.23 and v2026.3.23-2.

Code-Level Confirmation

• src/infra/dispatch-wrapper-resolution.ts now unwraps /usr/bin/time and binds approvals to the real inner executable.
• src/infra/exec-approvals-allow-always.test.ts ships regression coverage for time-wrapper allow-always approval bypasses.

OpenClaw thanks @YLChen-007 for reporting.