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MEDIUM 6.5

GHSA-g34w-4xqq-h79m

OpenClaw iMessage group allowlist authorization inherited DM pairing-store identities

Details

## Summary Under iMessage `groupPolicy=allowlist`, group authorization could be satisfied by sender identities coming from the DM pairing store, broadening DM trust into group contexts.

## Details Affected component: `src/imessage/monitor/monitor-provider.ts`.

Vulnerable logic derived `effectiveGroupAllowFrom` using both the static group allowlist and DM pairing-store identities (`storeAllowFrom`). This allowed a sender approved via DM pairing to satisfy group authorization in groups even if the sender/chat was not explicitly present in `groupAllowFrom`.

This weakens boundary separation between DM pairing and group allowlist authorization.

## Affected Packages / Versions - `openclaw` (npm): affected `<= 2026.2.13` - `clawdbot` (npm): affected `<= 2026.1.24-3`

## Fix Commit(s) - `openclaw/openclaw@872079d42fe105ece2900a1dd6ab321b92da2d59` - `openclaw/openclaw@90d1e9cd71419168b2faa54a759b124a3eacfae7`

Thanks @vincentkoc for reporting.

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Affected packages

npm / openclaw
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 2026.2.14
Fix npm install openclaw@2026.2.14
npm / clawdbot
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 2026.2.14
Fix npm install clawdbot@2026.2.14

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