Vulnerability · Published Mar 21, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-32044OpenClaw < 2026.3.2 - Tar Archive Safety Bypass in Skills Installation

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in OpenClaw from OpenClaw. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 3% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.3.2 contain an archive extraction vulnerability in the tar.bz2 installer path that bypasses safety checks enforced on other archive formats. Attackers can craft malicious tar.bz2 skill archives to bypass special-entry blocking and extracted-size guardrails, causing local denial of service during skill installation.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
npm	openclaw	2026.3.2	GHSA-77hf-7fqf-f227

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
OpenClaw	OpenClaw	0 – before 2026.3.2

Weakness: CWE-409 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-77hf-7fqf-f227) vendor-advisory
Patch Commit patch
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.2 - Tar Archive Safety Bypass in Skills Installation third-party-advisory