CVE-2026-31992

high

Description

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.23 contain an allowlist bypass vulnerability in system.run guardrails that allows authenticated operators to execute unintended commands. When /usr/bin/env is allowlisted, attackers can use env -S to bypass policy analysis and execute shell wrapper payloads at runtime.

References

Advisories
More

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-allowlist-exec-guard-bypass-via-env-s

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-48wf-g7cp-gr3m

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/a1c4bf07c6baad3ef87a0e710fe9aef127b1f606

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/3f923e831364d83d0f23499ee49961de334cf58b

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-03-19

Updated: 2026-03-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00051