Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs in OpenClaw - CVE-2026-31996
Published: May 4, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU129418
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-31996
CWE-ID: CWE-184
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenClaw
Affected software:
OpenClaw
OpenClaw
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to read files or write files.
The vulnerability exists due to incomplete restriction of command arguments in tools.exec.safeBins when executing allowed safe-bin commands with sort output flags or recursive grep flags. A remote user can supply crafted command arguments to read files or write files.
Exploitation requires access to command execution flows in deployments that enabled tools.exec.safeBins.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-31996
Install security update from vendor's website.