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

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-05-11 · updated 2026-10-26
Weakness: CWE-22

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

openclaw crabbox: before 0.9.0 — fixed in 0.9.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: openclaw crabbox 0.9.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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