Advisories

OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 - Code Execution via Missing Environment Variable Blocklist

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severity
medium
date
Affecting
  • OpenClaw >= 0, < 2026.3.28

CWE
  • CWE-184: Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
CVSS
5.8
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Nicky (@nicky-cc)
Description
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 contains an environment variable sanitization vulnerability where GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR and AWS_CONFIG_FILE are not blocked in the host-env blocklist. Attackers can exploit approved exec requests to redirect git or AWS CLI behavior through attacker-controlled configuration files to execute untrusted code or load malicious credentials.

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