Advisories

OpenClaw < 2026.4.8 - Git Environment Variable Injection via Unfiltered Exec Environment

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severity
medium
date
Affecting
  • OpenClaw < 2026.4.8

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
boyhack (@boy-hack)
Description
OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 fails to remove git plumbing environment variables from the execution environment before host exec operations. Attackers can exploit this by setting GIT_DIR and related variables to redirect git operations and compromise repository integrity.

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