GHSA-jwf4-8wf4-jf2m

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jwf4-8wf4-jf2m
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-jwf4-8wf4-jf2m/GHSA-jwf4-8wf4-jf2m.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-jwf4-8wf4-jf2m
Published
2026-03-04T19:44:50Z
Modified
2026-03-04T20:12:24.678571Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
OpenClaw: BlueBubbles (optional plugin) pairing/allowlist mismatch when allowFrom is empty
Details

Summary

BlueBubbles is an optional OpenClaw channel plugin. A configuration-sensitive access-control mismatch allowed DM senders to be treated as authorized when dmPolicy was pairing or allowlist and allowFrom was empty/unset.

Severity Rationale (Medium)

Severity is set to medium because: - this affects an optional plugin, not core messaging surfaces; - many deployments use owner-controlled/private BlueBubbles identities with limited external reachability; - practical exploitability depends on an untrusted sender being able to reach that specific BlueBubbles account identifier.

In typical personal/self-hosted BlueBubbles setups, the mapped Apple identity is single-owner and not broadly reachable, so this is usually low practical risk.

Risk is higher in deployments where the identifier is publicly reachable and/or agent tool permissions are broad.

Technical Details

  1. BlueBubbles DM policy defaults to pairing (dmPolicy ?? "pairing").
  2. Effective allowlist can be empty (effectiveAllowFrom).
  3. DM/reaction authorization called isAllowedBlueBubblesSender(...).
  4. That delegated to shared isAllowedParsedChatSender(...), which previously returned true for empty allowlists.
  5. Result: unknown senders could bypass intended pairing/allowlist gating when allowFrom was empty.

Affected Packages / Versions

  • Package: openclaw (npm)
  • Vulnerable versions: <= 2026.2.21-2
  • Planned fixed version: 2026.2.22

Fix

The shared parsed-chat allowlist helper now fails closed on empty allowlists, restoring expected BlueBubbles DM gating behavior. BlueBubbles inbound gating was also refactored to use one shared DM/group decision helper for both message and reaction paths to reduce future drift.

Fix Commit(s)

  • 9632b9bcf032c5f2280c3103961fde912ab1f920
  • 2ba6de7eaad812e5e8603018e14e54e96bdd57dd
  • 51c0893673de8e5cea64e64351dbfa4680ba0dec
  • 4540790cb62412676f7b61cfc6e47443f84a251e

OpenClaw thanks @tdjackey for reporting.

Database specific 
{
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-03-04T19:44:50Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-863"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / openclaw

Package

Name
openclaw
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Purl
pkg:npm/openclaw

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2026.2.22

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/03/GHSA-jwf4-8wf4-jf2m/GHSA-jwf4-8wf4-jf2m.json"