diff --git a/scripts/e2e/lib/kitchen-sink-plugin/assertions.mjs b/scripts/e2e/lib/kitchen-sink-plugin/assertions.mjs
index 0e354a54edc9..c00b56d4a619 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e/lib/kitchen-sink-plugin/assertions.mjs
+++ b/scripts/e2e/lib/kitchen-sink-plugin/assertions.mjs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const scratchRoot = process.env.KITCHEN_SINK_TMP_DIR || os.tmpdir();
 
 const LOG_SCAN_CHUNK_BYTES = 64 * 1024;
 const LOG_SCAN_FINDING_CONTEXT_CHARS = 2048;
+const LOG_SCAN_MAX_ENTRIES = readPositiveIntEnv("KITCHEN_SINK_LOG_SCAN_MAX_ENTRIES", 20_000);
 const LOG_SCAN_MAX_FILES = 5000;
 const LOG_SCAN_MAX_FINDINGS = 100;
 const LOG_SCAN_MAX_LINE_CHARS = 16 * 1024;
@@ -18,6 +19,22 @@ const readJson = (file) => JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(file, "utf8"));
 const scratchFile = (name) => path.join(scratchRoot, name);
 const normalizedPath = (filePath) => filePath.replaceAll("\\", "/");
 
+function readPositiveIntEnv(name, fallback) {
+  const raw = process.env[name];
+  if (raw === undefined || raw === "") {
+    return fallback;
+  }
+  const text = raw.trim();
+  if (!/^\d+$/u.test(text)) {
+    throw new Error(`${name} must be a positive integer; got: ${raw}`);
+  }
+  const parsed = Number(text);
+  if (!Number.isSafeInteger(parsed) || parsed <= 0) {
+    throw new Error(`${name} must be a positive integer; got: ${raw}`);
+  }
+  return parsed;
+}
+
 function resolveHomePath(value) {
   if (value === "~") {
     return process.env.HOME;
@@ -115,6 +132,7 @@ function shouldScanLogFile(entry) {
 
 function scanLogFiles(roots, onFile) {
   let scannedFiles = 0;
+  let visitedEntries = 0;
   for (const root of roots) {
     const pending = [root];
     while (pending.length > 0) {
@@ -122,6 +140,12 @@ function scanLogFiles(roots, onFile) {
       if (!entry || !fs.existsSync(entry)) {
         continue;
       }
+      visitedEntries += 1;
+      if (visitedEntries > LOG_SCAN_MAX_ENTRIES) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `kitchen-sink log scan exceeded ${LOG_SCAN_MAX_ENTRIES} filesystem entries`,
+        );
+      }
       const stat = fs.lstatSync(entry);
       if (stat.isSymbolicLink()) {
         continue;
diff --git a/test/scripts/kitchen-sink-plugin-assertions.test.ts b/test/scripts/kitchen-sink-plugin-assertions.test.ts
index 56086677a27c..4a9dbee55c71 100644
--- a/test/scripts/kitchen-sink-plugin-assertions.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/kitchen-sink-plugin-assertions.test.ts
@@ -193,11 +193,20 @@ function runAssertClawhubInstalled({
   }
 }
 
-function runScanLogs({ home, scratchRoot }: { home: string; scratchRoot: string }) {
+function runScanLogs({
+  env = {},
+  home,
+  scratchRoot,
+}: {
+  env?: NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
+  home: string;
+  scratchRoot: string;
+}) {
   return spawnSync(process.execPath, [ASSERTIONS_SCRIPT, "scan-logs"], {
     encoding: "utf8",
     env: {
       ...process.env,
+      ...env,
       HOME: home,
       KITCHEN_SINK_TMP_DIR: scratchRoot,
     },
@@ -291,6 +300,35 @@ describe("kitchen-sink plugin assertions", () => {
     }
   });
 
+  it("bounds irrelevant OpenClaw home traversal during log scans", () => {
+    const parent = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-kitchen-sink-scan-"));
+    const home = path.join(parent, "home");
+    const scratchRoot = path.join(parent, "scratch");
+    try {
+      mkdirSync(path.join(home, ".openclaw"), { recursive: true });
+      mkdirSync(scratchRoot, { recursive: true });
+      writeFileSync(path.join(scratchRoot, "scenario.log"), "0 errors\n");
+      for (let index = 0; index < 20; index += 1) {
+        const dir = path.join(home, ".openclaw", `cache-${index}`);
+        mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+        writeFileSync(path.join(dir, "state.txt"), "not a log\n");
+      }
+
+      const result = runScanLogs({
+        env: { KITCHEN_SINK_LOG_SCAN_MAX_ENTRIES: "8" },
+        home,
+        scratchRoot,
+      });
+
+      expect(result.status).not.toBe(0);
+      expect(`${result.stdout}\n${result.stderr}`).toContain(
+        "kitchen-sink log scan exceeded 8 filesystem entries",
+      );
+    } finally {
+      rmSync(parent, { force: true, recursive: true });
+    }
+  });
+
   it("does not allow dirty error lines just because they mention zero errors", () => {
     const parent = mkdtempSync(path.join(tmpdir(), "openclaw-kitchen-sink-scan-"));
     const home = path.join(parent, "home");