CVE-2026-43584

HIGH

OpenClaw < 2026.4.10 - Insufficient Environment Variable Denylist in Exec Policy

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains an insufficient environment variable denylist vulnerability in its exec environment policy that allows operator-supplied overrides of high-risk interpreter startup variables including VIMINIT, EXINIT, LUA_INIT, and HOSTALIASES. Attackers can exploit this by manipulating these environment variables to influence downstream execution behavior or network connectivity.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-vfp4-8x56-j7c5)
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-vfp4-8x56-j7c5
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.4.10 - Insufficient Environment Variable Denylist in Exec Policy
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-insufficient-environment-variable-denylist-in-exec-policy

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 30.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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-184
Status published
Products (4)
npm/openclaw 0 - 2026.4.10npm
OpenClaw/OpenClaw < 2026.4.10
openclaw/openclaw < 2026.4.10
OpenClaw/OpenClaw 2026.4.10
Published May 06, 2026
Tracked Since May 07, 2026