External Control of System or Configuration Setting in OpenClaw - #VU128809
Published: May 1, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU128809
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-15
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute unintended commands.
The vulnerability exists due to external control of system or configuration settings in the shell-env fallback path when executing a login shell with inherited environment values. A local user can supply attacker-influenced environment or config values to execute unintended commands.
Exploitation depends on attacker-controlled environment or configuration input reaching the shell-env fallback on the host process context.
Affected software
OpenClaw
Remediation
Install security update from vendor's website.
OpenClaw - update to 2026.2.22