Vulnerability · Published May 11, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-45224Crabbox < 0.9.0 Path Traversal via Islo Provider Workspace Resolution

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity path traversal in crabbox 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 4% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Crabbox before 0.9.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the Islo provider's workspace path resolution that allows attackers to supply absolute or relative paths that resolve outside the intended /workspace directory. Attackers can craft a malicious .crabbox.yaml or crabbox.yaml file with traversal sequences to cause arbitrary file deletion and overwrite when sync.delete is enabled, as the workspace preparation logic executes rm -rf and mkdir -p operations on the resolved path without proper validation.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Go	github.com/openclaw/crabbox	0.9.0	GHSA-3cjv-h753-qf7h
Go	github.com/openclaw/crabbox	0.9.0	GO-2026-5079

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
openclaw	crabbox	0 – before 0.9.0

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

References

https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox/releases/tag/v0.9.0 release-notes
https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox/pull/65 issue-tracking
https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox/commit/6b07193fb5670aac315ea47215651c67b8127868 patch
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crabbox-path-traversal-via-islo-provider-workspace-resolution third-party-advisory