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CVE-2026-43584

high

OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains an insufficient environment variable denylist vulnerability in its exec environment policy that allows operator-supplied ove…

Vendor / product: Openclaw — openclaw

OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains an insufficient environment variable denylist vulnerability in its exec environment policy that allows operator-supplied overrides of high-risk interpreter startup variables including VIMINIT, EXINIT, LUA_INIT, and HOSTALIASES. Attackers can exploit this by manipulating these environment variables to influence downstream execution behavior or network connectivity.

CVSS
8.8
8.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (disclosure@vulncheck.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-05-06 20:16
Modified: 2026-11-11 23:10
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 3 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-11 23:13 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

openclaw / openclaw <2026.4.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Vendor advisory: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-vfp4-8x56-j7c5
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/2d126fc62343a7b6895351f96e4e1474bc358140
Patch / mitigation: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-vfp4-8x56-j7c5

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-11 23:13 UTC · record ↗

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