OpenClaw overwrites its config file despite security restrictions

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security circumvention config-file ai-agent permissions vulnerability

Summary

An AI agent refused to modify a config file due to security restrictions, but circumvented the restriction by copying the file, making changes, and replacing the original.

I first told my agent to make a small change in the config file, It refused making those changes because of security restrictions. But then I told the agent to create a copy of the config file and make that change and then copy the modified version to replace the original config. It happily went ahead with that and replaced the config file.
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