CVE-2026-44115

OpenClaw < 2026.4.22 - Shell Expansion Bypass in Unquoted Heredocs via Exec Allowlist

State: Published
Severity: 8.7 High
Published: May 6, 2026
Updated: Sep 24, 2026
Reserved: May 5, 2026

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.22 contains an exec allowlist analysis vulnerability allowing shell expansion hiding in unquoted heredoc bodies. Attackers can bypass allowlist validation by embedding shell expansion tokens in heredoc bodies to execute unapproved commands at runtime.

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	before 2026.4.22Affected 2026.4.22Not affected

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-x3h8-jrgh-p8jx)vendor-advisory
Patch Commitpatch
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.4.22 - Shell Expansion Bypass in Unquoted Heredocs via Exec Allowlistthird-party-advisory

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