CVE-2026-44995
OpenClaw
- Severity
- High
- Published
- May 11, 2026
- Last modified
- June 17, 2026
OpenClaw before 2026.4.20 contains an improper environment variable validation vulnerability in MCP stdio server configuration that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. Malicious workspace configurations can pass dangerous startup variables like NODE_OPTIONS, LD_PRELOAD, or BASH_ENV to spawned MCP server processes, enabling code injection when operators start sessions using those servers.
CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
References
- github.comPatch
- github.com
- github.comThird Party Advisory
- vulncheck.comPatchThird Party Advisory
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