GHSA-3h2q-j2v4-6w5r: 
OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot or Clawdbot) vulnerability analysis and mitigation

OpenClaw's system.run shell-wrapper detection did not recognize PowerShell -EncodedCommand forms as inline-command wrappers. In allowlist mode, a caller with access to system.run could invoke pwsh or powershell using -EncodedCommand, -enc, or -e, and the request would fall back to plain argv analysis instead of the normal shell-wrapper approval path. This could allow a PowerShell inline payload to execute without the approval step that equivalent -Command invocations would require. Latest published npm version: 2026.3.2 Fixed on main on March 7, 2026 in 1d1757b16f48f1a93cd16ab0ad7e2c3c63ce727d by recognizing PowerShell encoded-command aliases during shell-wrapper parsing, so allowlist mode continues to require approval for those payloads. Normal approved PowerShell wrapper flows continue to work.

Affected Packages / Versions

• Package: openclaw (npm)
• Affected versions: <= 2026.3.2
• Patched version: >= 2026.3.7

Fix Commit(s)

• 1d1757b16f48f1a93cd16ab0ad7e2c3c63ce727d

Release Process Note

npm 2026.3.7 was published on March 8, 2026. This advisory is fixed in the released package. Thanks @tdjackey for reporting.