CVE-2026-32032

HIGH

OpenClaw < 2026.2.22 - Arbitrary Shell Execution via Unvalidated SHELL Environment Variable

Title source: cna

Description

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.22 contain an arbitrary shell execution vulnerability in shell environment fallback that trusts the unvalidated SHELL path from the host environment. An attacker with local environment access can inject a malicious SHELL variable to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the OpenClaw process.

References (3)

[Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-f8mp-vj46-cq8v

[Patch] https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/25e89cc86338ef475d26be043aa541dfdb95e52a

View Patch ZIP pw:eip

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-arbitrary-shell-execution-via-unvalidated-shell-environment-variable

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0002

EPSS Percentile 4.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-426

Status published

Products (4)

npm/openclaw 0 - 2026.2.22npm

OpenClaw/OpenClaw < 2026.2.22

openclaw/openclaw < 2026.2.22

OpenClaw/OpenClaw 2026.2.22

Published Mar 19, 2026

Tracked Since Mar 20, 2026