Medium

OpenClaw: Heartbeat owner downgrade missed local async exec completion events

  • Disclosed: 17.04.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Summary

Heartbeat owner downgrade missed local async exec completion events.

Affected Packages / Versions

  • Package: openclaw
  • Ecosystem: npm
  • Affected versions: >= 2026.3.31 < 2026.4.10
  • Patched versions: >= 2026.4.10

Impact

Local background exec completion text could be missed by heartbeat owner-downgrade detection, leaving a run in a more privileged context than intended after untrusted completion content.

Technical Details

The fix expands exec-completion detection to local background exec formats and adds targeted tests.

Fix

The issue was fixed in #64376. The first stable tag containing the fix is v2026.4.10, and openclaw@2026.4.14 includes the fix.

Fix Commit(s)

  • 19a2e9ddb5a8a494abcba812bb11f51075026a27
  • PR: #64376

Release Process Note

Users should upgrade to openclaw 2026.4.10 or newer. The latest npm release, 2026.4.14, already includes the fix.

Credits

Thanks to @zsxsoft, with sponsorship from @KeenSecurityLab and @qclawer for reporting this issue.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package openclaw >= 2026.3.31, < 2026.4.10 2026.4.10

References

CVSS score -
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-269
Platform
npm
Package
openclaw
Disclosed
17.04.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-g375-h3v6-4873 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: openclaw

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (588) in the archive
Total entries
588
First → latest
02.2026 07.2026
Without a fix
9
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 20
  • High 215
  • Medium 299
  • Low 54

Disclosures per year

  1. 2026: 588
Severity:
  1. OpenClaw: Heartbeat owner downgrade missed local async exec completion events this entry
    Medium CVE-2026-43578 >= 2026.3.31, < 2026.4.10 2026.4.10
  2. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-53811 < 2026.5.7 2026.5.7
  3. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-53806 < 2026.5.12 2026.5.12
  4. High · 7.8 CVE-2026-53813 < 2026.4.25 2026.4.25
  5. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-53834 < 2026.4.27 2026.4.27
  6. Critical CVE-2026-34507 < 2026.4.29 2026.4.29
  7. High CVE-2026-53823 < 2026.5.3 2026.5.3
  8. High · 8.4 CVE-2026-53814 < 2026.5.20 2026.5.20
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