Medium

OpenClaw: Discord voice transcript owner-flag omission could expose owner-only tools in mixed-trust channels

  • Disclosed: 03.03.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Summary

In openclaw@2026.3.1, the Discord voice transcript path called agentCommand(...) without senderIsOwner, and agentCommand defaults missing senderIsOwner to true.

This could allow a non-owner voice participant in the same channel to reach owner-only tool surfaces (gateway, cron) during voice transcript turns.

Security model note

OpenClaw’s documented trust model is a personal assistant model (one trusted operator), not an adversarial multi-user boundary.

  • OpenClaw does not treat one shared gateway/chat surface as a hardened per-user auth boundary.
  • Mixed-trust deployments (mutually untrusted users sharing one gateway/channel) are outside recommended deployment boundaries.

This report is treated as a valid hardening/authorization bug because owner-only tool policy should still be applied consistently across chat-driven turns, including Discord voice transcript ingress.

Details

Relevant path:

  1. Voice transcript run omitted senderIsOwner in Discord voice manager.
  2. Missing senderIsOwner defaulted to true in agentCommand.
  3. Owner-only tool policy is keyed on senderIsOwner.
  4. gateway and cron are owner-only tools.

Impact

  • Affects deployments where Discord voice is enabled and the bot is present in channels with non-owner participants.
  • No gateway-auth boundary bypass was required.
  • Practical risk depends strongly on whether the deployment is single-trust (recommended) or mixed-trust (not recommended).

Severity rationale

Downgraded from high to medium to align with OpenClaw’s trust model and deployment assumptions:

  • Requires participation in the same voice environment as the trusted operator workflow.
  • Requires Discord voice path conditions (joined voice channel + transcript flow).
  • Does not introduce a new cross-gateway or unauthenticated boundary bypass.

Remediation

  • Always pass explicit senderIsOwner from Discord voice transcript ingress.
  • Fail closed (false) when owner status is unknown for non-local/chat ingress paths.
  • Keep regression tests that verify owner/non-owner voice speaker handling.

Affected Packages / Versions

  • Package: openclaw (npm)
  • Affected versions: <= 2026.3.1
  • Patched versions: >= 2026.3.2 (released)

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package openclaw < 2026.3.2 2026.3.2

References

CVSS score 5.9/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-269, CWE-863
Platform
npm
Package
openclaw
Disclosed
03.03.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-wpg9-4g4v-f9rc - 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: Discord voice transcript owner-flag omission could expose owner-only tools in mixed-trust channels this entry
    Medium · 5.9 CVE-2026-32035 < 2026.3.2 2026.3.2
  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
  9. High · 6.5 CVE-2026-53815 < 2026.5.19 2026.5.19
  10. High · 8.1 CVE-2026-53849 < 2026.5.7 2026.5.7
  11. High · 8.1 CVE-2026-53857 < 2026.5.3 2026.5.3
  12. High · 8.1 CVE-2026-53866 < 2026.5.12 2026.5.12
  13. High · 8.1 CVE-2026-53864 < 2026.5.26 2026.5.26
  14. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-44109 < 2026.4.15 2026.4.15
  15. Critical · 8.1 CVE-2026-43585 < 2026.4.15 2026.4.15
  16. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-43530 >= 2026.2.23, < 2026.4.12 2026.4.12
  17. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-42434 >= 2026.4.5, < 2026.4.10 2026.4.10
  18. High · 7.5 CVE-2026-42437 >= 2026.4.9, < 2026.4.10 2026.4.10
  19. High CVE-2026-41393 < 2026.3.31 2026.3.31
  20. Critical · 8.2 CVE-2026-41296 < 2026.3.31 2026.3.31
  21. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-41352 < 2026.3.31 2026.3.31
  22. High · 7.8 CVE-2026-41396 < 2026.3.31 2026.3.31
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