PT-2026-33679

Published

2026-04-09

Updated

2026-04-09

Description by

CVSS 4.0

5.9

Medium

MetricsAV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Impact

OpenClaw Host-Exec Environment Variable Injection.

Host exec could inherit environment variables that influence interpreters, shells, or build tools.

OpenClaw is a user-controlled local assistant. This advisory is scoped to the OpenClaw trust model and does not assume a multi-tenant service boundary.

Affected Packages / Versions

Package: openclaw (npm)
Affected versions: <= 2026.3.28
Patched versions: 2026.4.8

Fix

The issue was fixed on main and is available in the patched npm version listed above. The verified fixed tree is commit d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5.

Verification

The fix was re-checked against main before publication, including targeted regression tests for the affected security boundary.

Credits

Thanks @wsparks-vc for reporting.

Exploitability

Fix

Impacts

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command (\'OS Command Injection\')

Related identifiers

GHSA-W9J9-W4CP-6WGR

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