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 products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openclaw | crabbox | < 0.9.0 | 0.9.0 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Leap 16.0 | govulncheck-vulndb | 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 | openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/openclaw/crabbox | < 0.9.0 | 0.9.0 | GHSA-3cjv-h753-qf7h |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1 Security update for govulncheck-vulndb SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 31, 2026
References
- crabbox 0.9.0 Release Notes release-notes
- https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox/pull/65 issue-tracking patch
- https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox/commit/6b07193fb5670aac315ea47215651c67b8127868 patch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crabbox-path-traversal-via-islo-provider-workspace-resolution third-party-advisory