CVE-2026-35650

OpenClaw < 2026.3.22 - Environment Variable Override Bypass via Inconsistent Sanitization

State: Published
Severity: 7.7 High
Published: Apr 10, 2026
Updated: Jun 23, 2026
Reserved: Apr 4, 2026

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 contains an environment variable override handling vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass the shared host environment policy through inconsistent sanitization paths. Attackers can supply blocked or malformed override keys that slip through inconsistent validation to execute arbitrary code with unintended environment variables.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	7.7 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	7.5 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-15 External Control of System or Configuration Setting

Affected Products

Product	Versions
OpenClawOpenClaw	before 2026.3.22Affected 2026.3.22Not affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-39pp-xp36-q6mg)vendor-advisory
Patch Commit #1patch
Patch Commit #2patch
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.3.22 - Environment Variable Override Bypass via Inconsistent Sanitizationthird-party-advisory

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