CVE-2026-35632: Openclaw

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Openclaw Openclaw: up to and including 2026.2.22

Published 2026-04-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.