CVE-2026-42435

Published May 5th, 2026

View on NVD ↗

CVSS v3

8.8

HIGH

CVSS v2

N/A

Affected

PROJECT

Description

OpenClaw versions from 2026.2.22 before 2026.4.12 contain an insufficient shell-wrapper detection vulnerability allowing attackers to inject environment variable assignments at the argv level. Attackers can bypass exec preflight handling to manipulate high-risk shell variables like SHELLOPTS and PS4, affecting execution semantics and security controls.

openclaw/openclaw

Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. 🦞

GitHub

380K