OS Command Injection in OpenClaw - CVE-2026-28460
Published: May 1, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU128804
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-28460
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute unintended commands.
The vulnerability exists due to command injection in the system.run shell-wrapper analysis in allowlist mode when processing shell commands containing line-continuation command substitution inside double quotes. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted command string to execute unintended commands.
Only deployments that enable tools.exec.security=allowlist with ask=on-miss or off are vulnerable.
Affected software
OpenClaw
How to mitigate CVE-2026-28460
Install security update from vendor's website.
OpenClaw - update to 2026.2.22