CVE-2026-44114

OpenClaw < 2026.4.20 - Environment Variable Namespace Collision via Workspace dotenv

State: Published
Severity: 8.5 High
Published: May 6, 2026
Updated: Sep 24, 2026
Reserved: May 5, 2026

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.20 fails to properly reserve the OPENCLAW_ runtime-control environment namespace in workspace dotenv files, allowing attackers to override critical runtime variables. Malicious workspaces can set variables like OPENCLAW_GIT_DIR to manipulate trusted OpenClaw runtime behavior during source-update or installer flows.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	8.5 High	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N	VulnCheck
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	VulnCheck

Weaknesses

CWE-184 Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

Affected Products

Product	Versions
OpenClawOpenClaw	before 2026.4.20Affected 2026.4.20Not affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-hxvm-xjvf-93f3)vendor-advisory
Patch Commitpatch
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.4.20 - Environment Variable Namespace Collision via Workspace dotenvthird-party-advisory

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