What is GHSA-vqj9-vhg4-27mg?

GHSA-vqj9-vhg4-27mg is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Duplicate Advisory: Config recovery could restore openclaw.json with broad file permissions

Why does GHSA-vqj9-vhg4-27mg have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-vqj9-vhg4-27mg?

GHSA-vqj9-vhg4-27mg has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-vqj9-vhg4-27mg?

GHSA-vqj9-vhg4-27mg affects 1 product, including: npm/openclaw:= 2026.4.23.

⚠ Withdrawn by GitHub Security Advisories

Withdrawn: June 18, 2026

GHSA-vqj9-vhg4-27mgMediumCVSS 5.5Disclosed before NVD

Duplicate Advisory: Config recovery could restore openclaw.json with broad file permissions

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

June 16, 2026

Last Modified

June 18, 2026

📋 Description

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-rwp6-7w3q-75fq. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.24 contains an insecure file permissions vulnerability in config recovery that restores OpenClaw.json with overly broad permissions. Local attackers on shared hosts can read sensitive configuration data by exploiting the recovery path to access the restored config file.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/openclaw:= 2026.4.23

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-rwp6-7w3q-75fq
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53856
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-insecure-file-permissions-in-config-recovery-via-openclaw-json
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vqj9-vhg4-27mg