Advisories

OpenClaw < 2026.3.22 - Environment Variable Override Bypass via Inconsistent Sanitization

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severity
high
date
Affecting
  • OpenClaw < 2026.3.22

CWE
  • CWE-15: External Control of System or Configuration Setting
CVSS
7.7
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
Peng Zhou (@zpbrent)
Description
OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 contains an environment variable override handling vulnerability that allows attackers to bypass the shared host environment policy through inconsistent sanitization paths. Attackers can supply blocked or malformed override keys that slip through inconsistent validation to execute arbitrary code with unintended environment variables.

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