OpenClaw < 2026.4.10 - Insufficient Environment Variable Denylist in Exec Policy | Advisories

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OpenClaw < 2026.4.10 - Insufficient Environment Variable Denylist in Exec Policy

severity: high
date: 5/6/2026
Affecting: OpenClaw < 2026.4.10
CVE: CVE-2026-43584
CWE: CWE-184: Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
CVSS: 8.7
CVSS V4 Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References: GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-vfp4-8x56-j7c5)
Patch Commit
Credit: feiyang666
Description: 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.

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