GHSA-G75X-8QQM-2VXP OpenClaw's `tools.exec.safeBins` PATH-hijack allowed trojan binaries to bypass allowlist checks

Summary tools.exec.safeBins allowlist checks could be bypassed by PATH-hijacked binaries, allowing execution of attacker-controlled trojan binaries under an allowlisted executable name. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Latest published version at triage time: 2026.2.17 -...

Arbitrary Command Injection

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Command Injection via the renderEnvLines process. An attacker can execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the gateway service user by injecting newline characters and...

OpenClaw Improperly Neutralizes Line Breaks in systemd Unit Generation Enables Local Command Execution (Linux)

Summary A command injection vulnerability exists in OpenClaw’s Linux systemd unit generation path. When rendering Environment= entries, attacker-controlled values are not rejected for CR/LF, and systemdEscapeArg uses an incorrect whitespace-matching regex. This allows newline injection to break o...

GHSA-VFFC-F7R7-RX2W OpenClaw Improperly Neutralizes Line Breaks in systemd Unit Generation Enables Local Command Execution (Linux)

Summary A command injection vulnerability exists in OpenClaw’s Linux systemd unit generation path. When rendering Environment= entries, attacker-controlled values are not rejected for CR/LF, and systemdEscapeArg uses an incorrect whitespace-matching regex. This allows newline injection to break o...

Command Injection

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection via the gateway.cmd script generation. An attacker can execute arbitrary commands by supplying specially crafted environment variable values containing Windows shell...

OpenClaw has a Command Injection via unescaped environment assignments in Windows Scheduled Task script generation

Summary A command injection vulnerability existed in Windows Scheduled Task script generation for OpenClaw. Environment values were written into gateway.cmd using unquoted set KEY=VALUE, which allowed Windows shell metacharacters in config-provided environment variables to break out of assignment...

GHSA-PJ5X-38RW-6FPH OpenClaw has a Command Injection via unescaped environment assignments in Windows Scheduled Task script generation

Summary A command injection vulnerability existed in Windows Scheduled Task script generation for OpenClaw. Environment values were written into gateway.cmd using unquoted set KEY=VALUE, which allowed Windows shell metacharacters in config-provided environment variables to break out of assignment...

Command Injection

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Command Injection via the resolveShell function. An attacker can execute arbitrary commands by influencing environment variables such as SHELL, HOME, or ZDOTDIR during shell startup...

OpenClaw shell-env fallback trusted startup env and could execute attacker-influenced login-shell paths

Summary OpenClaw shell-env fallback trusted startup environment values and could execute attacker-influenced login-shell startup paths before loading env keys. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Affected versions: = 2026.1.5 and = 2026.2.21-2 - Fixed on main:...

GHSA-5H2C-8V84-QPVR OpenClaw shell-env fallback trusted startup env and could execute attacker-influenced login-shell paths

Summary OpenClaw shell-env fallback trusted startup environment values and could execute attacker-influenced login-shell startup paths before loading env keys. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw npm - Affected versions: = 2026.1.5 and = 2026.2.21-2 - Fixed on main:...

GHSA-MQR9-VQHQ-3JXW OpenClaw Windows Scheduled Task script generation allowed local command injection via unsafe cmd argument handling

Summary OpenClaw Windows Scheduled Task script generation allowed unsafe argument handling in generated gateway.cmd files. In vulnerable versions, cmd metacharacter-only values could be emitted without safe quoting/escaping, which could lead to unintended command execution when the scheduled task...

Unsafe Dependency Resolution

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unsafe Dependency Resolution via the shell-env process. An attacker can execute arbitrary binaries with the privileges of the affected process by influencing the $SHELL environment variab...

GHSA-P4WH-CR8M-GM6C OpenClaw: shell-env trusted-prefix fallback allowed attacker-controlled binary execution via $SHELL

Summary shell-env fallback trusted prefix-based executable paths for $SHELL, allowing execution of attacker-controlled binaries in local/runtime-env influence scenarios. Details In affected versions, shell selection accepted either: 1. a shell listed in /etc/shells, or 2. any executable under...

Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Overview openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Server-side Request Forgery SSRF in the webfetch process when environment proxy variables are configured. An attacker can access internal or private network resources by supplying...

GHSA-8MVX-P2R9-R375 OpenClaw's web tools strict URL guard could lose DNS pinning when env proxy is configured

Summary openclaw web tools strict URL fetch paths could lose DNS pinning when environment proxy variables are configured HTTPPROXY/HTTPSPROXY/ALLPROXY, including lowercase variants. In affected builds, strict URL checks for example webfetch and citation redirect resolution validated one destinati...

OpenClaw's web tools strict URL guard could lose DNS pinning when env proxy is configured

Summary openclaw web tools strict URL fetch paths could lose DNS pinning when environment proxy variables are configured HTTPPROXY/HTTPSPROXY/ALLPROXY, including lowercase variants. In affected builds, strict URL checks for example webfetch and citation redirect resolution validated one destinati...

OpenClaw's config env vars allowed startup env injection into service runtime

Summary OpenClaw allowed dangerous process-control environment variables from env.vars for example NODEOPTIONS, LD, DYLD to flow into gateway service runtime environments, enabling startup-time code execution in the OpenClaw process context. Details collectConfigEnvVars accepted unfiltered keys...

GHSA-8FMP-37RC-P5G7 OpenClaw's config env vars allowed startup env injection into service runtime

Summary OpenClaw allowed dangerous process-control environment variables from env.vars for example NODEOPTIONS, LD, DYLD to flow into gateway service runtime environments, enabling startup-time code execution in the OpenClaw process context. Details collectConfigEnvVars accepted unfiltered keys...

OpenClaw's shell env fallback trusts unvalidated SHELL path from host environment

The shell environment fallback path could invoke an attacker-controlled shell when SHELL was inherited from an untrusted host environment. In affected builds, shell-env loading used $SHELL -l -c 'env -0' without validating that SHELL points to a trusted executable. In threat-model terms, this...

GHSA-F8MP-VJ46-CQ8V OpenClaw's shell env fallback trusts unvalidated SHELL path from host environment

The shell environment fallback path could invoke an attacker-controlled shell when SHELL was inherited from an untrusted host environment. In affected builds, shell-env loading used $SHELL -l -c 'env -0' without validating that SHELL points to a trusted executable. In threat-model terms, this...