trace_6b29c9e192644703adb78ade3b6bb1f6

findercompleted85excellent

StartedApr 13, 2026, 5:25 PM

EndedApr 13, 2026, 5:29 PM

Casecase_4defac92161947e6bd0804e088268494

Modelgoogle/gemini-3.1-pro-preview

Context

Blind label

blind_3e0f0814dfaa

Advisory

GHSA-83f3-hh45-vfw9 • OpenClaw: Android accepted cleartext remote gateway endpoints and sent stored credentials over ws://

Judge score

85 (excellent)

Rubric breakdown

Target Alignment

Source To Sink Reasoning

Impact And Exploitability

Evidence Quality

Overclaim Control

Prompt482 chars

This source file has a known vulnerability sink in it. Traverse the codebase and report the vulnerability. You can report multiple vulnerabilities. Start from the Android gateway endpoint parsing and connection policy. Show, with concrete code references, how a non-loopback discovery result or setup code could be accepted as cleartext, how TLS could remain unset for that endpoint, and where the websocket session would then use `ws://` while sending gateway authentication state.

OutputJSON

{
"executiveSummary": "An attacker providing a malicious gateway setup code or directing an operator to manually connect to a non-loopback WebSocket endpoint could steal authentication tokens and passwords. The connection logic fails to enforce TLS for external websocket addresses gathered from setup flows, resulting in gateway credentials being transmitted in cleartext.",
"reports": [
{
"title": "Insecure Gateway Endpoint Authentication leads to Cleartext Credential Leak",
"severity": "HIGH",
"summary": "Cleartext gateway tokens leak due to non-loopback HTTP/WS endpoints skipping TLS validation",
"rootCauseAnalysis": "The discovery and manual configuration parser allows `ws://` and `http://` configurations. The TLS requirement logic relies strictly on whether the parsed config has `tlsEnabled = true` or contains TLS fingerprints. If neither are present (which is the exact behavior of parse results for cleartext networks), it simply requests no TLS. Finally, the connection layer honors this by opening a cleartext `ws://` websocket and proceeds to perform the initial authentication exchange, sending tokens in plaintext because the app assumes the user config inputs are reliable and trusted.",
"impact": "Gateway tokens, bootstrap passwords, and local device credentials can be stolen if the user configures the application to use a non-loopback cleartext setup endpoint or is forced to use a rogue gateway endpoint over an unencrypted local network. This enables full unauthorized access to the user's OpenClaw devices or credentials.",
"attackPath": "1. Attacker prepares a remote server providing a cleartext WebSocket handler on a specific port (e.g. `ws://malicious.example.com`).\n2. Attacker tricks the user into scanning a setup QR code or providing a manual URL pointing to `ws://malicious.example.com` or `http://malicious.example.com`.\n3. The `GatewayConfigResolver.kt` logic accepts the URL, parsing `tls = false` and passing this to `GatewayConnectConfig` and consequently to creating the `GatewayEndpoint` config.\n4. `ConnectionManager.kt` sees that `manualTlsEnabled` is false (or not required because the endpoint is cleartext and has no fingerprint), returning `null` for `GatewayTlsParams`.\n5. `GatewaySession.kt` interprets `tls == null` by building a `ws://` WebSocket URL and connecting.\n6. Once the WebSocket connects, `sendConnect` builds the authentication parameters using stored or provided credentials (device token, shared token, password, or bootstrap token) and sends them in cleartext over the connection using `.send()`.\n7. The attacker intercepts the WebSocket connection to obtain the plaintext authentication material.",
"stepsToReproduce": [
"1. Start the Android node app.",
"2. Enter a Setup Code or manual URL of `http://attacker.domain:8080`, providing a random token or utilizing the existing authenticated state.",
"3. The application parses the setup URL into `

Tool calls

(12)

$cat apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/GatewayConfigResolver.kt

package ai.openclaw.app.ui

import java.util.Base64
import java.util.Locale
import java.net.URI
import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonObject
import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonPrimitive
import kotlinx.serialization.json.contentOrNull
import kotlinx.serialization.json.jsonObject

internal data class GatewayEndpointConfig(

$cat apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/node/ConnectionManager.kt

package ai.openclaw.app.node

import android.os.Build
import ai.openclaw.app.BuildConfig
import ai.openclaw.app.SecurePrefs
import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayClientInfo
import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayConnectOptions
import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayEndpoint
import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayTlsParams
import ai.openclaw.app.LocationMode
import ai.openclaw.app.VoiceWakeMode

$cat apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/gateway/GatewaySession.kt

package ai.openclaw.app.gateway

import android.util.Log
import java.util.Locale
import java.util.UUID
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
import kotlinx.coroutines.CompletableDeferred
import kotlinx.coroutines.CoroutineScope
import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
import kotlinx.coroutines.Job
import kotlinx.coroutines.TimeoutCancellationException

$find . -name "GatewayEndpoint.kt"exit 124

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$rg "data class GatewayEndpoint" apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/gateway/

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/gateway/GatewayEndpoint.kt:3:data class GatewayEndpoint(

$cat apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/gateway/GatewayEndpoint.kt

package ai.openclaw.app.gateway

data class GatewayEndpoint(
  val stableId: String,
  val name: String,
  val host: String,
  val port: Int,
  val lanHost: String? = null,
  val tailnetDns: String? = null,
  val gatewayPort: Int? = null,
  val canvasPort: Int? = null,
  val tlsEnabled: Boolean = false,

rg "GatewayEndpointConfig|parseGatewayEndpoint|resolveGatewayConnectConfig" apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/

apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/ConnectTabScreen.kt:128:  val setupResolvedEndpoint = remember(setupCode) { decodeGatewaySetupCode(setupCode)?.url?.let { parseGatewayEndpoint(it)?.displayUrl } }
apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/ConnectTabScreen.kt:130:    composeGatewayManualUrl(manualHostInput, manualPortInput, manualTlsInput)?.let { parseGatewayEndpoint(it)?.displayUrl }
apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/ConnectTabScreen.kt:242:            resolveGatewayConnectConfig(
apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/GatewayConfigResolver.kt:12:internal data class GatewayEndpointConfig(
apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/GatewayConfigResolver.kt:37:internal fun resolveGatewayConnectConfig(
apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/GatewayConfigResolver.kt:52:    val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint(setup.url) ?: return null
apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/GatewayConfigResolver.kt:77:  val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint(manualUrl) ?: return null
apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/GatewayConfigResolver.kt:80:      ?.let(::parseGatewayEndpoint)
apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/GatewayConfigResolver.kt:98:internal fun parseGatewayEndpoint(rawInput: String): GatewayEndpointConfig? {
apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/GatewayConfigResolver.kt:134:  return GatewayEndpointConfig(host = host, port = port, tls = tls, displayUrl = displayUrl)
apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/OnboardingFlow.kt:736:              parsedGateway = parseGatewayEndpoint(gatewayUrl),
apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/OnboardingFlow.kt:802:                  val parsedGateway = parseGatewayEndpoint(parsedSetup.url)

$rg "GatewayEndpoint" apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/ui/OnboardingFlow.kt

import ai.openclaw.app.gateway.GatewayEndpoint
              parsedGateway = parseGatewayEndpoint(gatewayUrl),
                  val parsedGateway = parseGatewayEndpoint(parsedSetup.url)
                  val parsedGateway = manualUrl?.let(::parseGatewayEndpoint)
                  val parsed = parseGatewayEndpoint(gatewayUrl)
                    GatewayEndpoint.manual(host = parsed.host, port = parsed.port),
  val resolvedEndpoint = remember(setupCode) { decodeGatewaySetupCode(setupCode)?.url?.let { parseGatewayEndpoint(it)?.displayUrl } }
  val manualResolvedEndpoint = remember(manualHost, manualPort, manualTls) { composeGatewayManualUrl(manualHost, manualPort, manualTls)?.let { parseGatewayEndpoint(it)?.displayUrl } }
  parsedGateway: GatewayEndpointConfig?,

$rg -B2 -A2 "ConnectionManager\(" apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/exit 124

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$rg "ConnectionManager\(" apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/exit 124

(no output)

$rg "val connectionManager =" apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/exit 124

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$rg "ConnectionManager" apps/android/app/src/main/java/ai/openclaw/app/exit 124

(no output)

Step spans

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