CVE-2026-43584
OpenClaw < 2026.4.10 - Insufficient Environment Variable Denylist in Exec Policy
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.7 High
- Published
- May 6, 2026
- Updated
- May 7, 2026
- Reserved
- May 1, 2026
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 8.7 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 8.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-184 Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
OpenClawOpenClaw |
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References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-vfp4-8x56-j7c5)vendor-advisory
- Patch Commitpatch
- VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.4.10 - Insufficient Environment Variable Denylist in Exec Policythird-party-advisory
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