Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere in OpenClaw - CVE-2026-32920
Published: April 8, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU125156
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-32920
CWE-ID: CWE-829
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenClaw
Affected software:
OpenClaw
OpenClaw
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability exists due to inclusion of functionality from an untrusted control sphere in workspace plugin auto-discovery and loading from .openclaw/extensions/ when opening or running OpenClaw in a cloned repository. A remote attacker can include a crafted workspace plugin in a repository to execute arbitrary code.
User interaction is required to run OpenClaw from the cloned directory.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-32920
Install security update from vendor's website.