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BrokenClaw – RCE in OpenClaw via Gmail Hook (codeberg.page)
2 points by veganmosfet 73 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


I experimented with OpenClaw (using opus4.6 and gpt5.2) and found this interesting way to get silent Remote Code Execution via email when using Gmail pub/sub Hook, exploiting prompt injection (out of scope from the security policy of OpenClaw) and insecure plugin design (properly documented as such). Works only with the full Gmail pub/sub hook. If your agent uses gogcli without the webhook, it is not affected.

Main issue: OpenClaw injects untrusted content in user messages instead of using the tool channel (less authoritative) when using the Gmail webhook.

Original links:

https://veganmosfet.codeberg.page/posts/2026-02-02-openclaw_...

https://veganmosfet.codeberg.page/posts/2026-02-15-openclaw_...




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