CVE-2026-43531

high

Description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.9 contains an environment variable injection vulnerability allowing malicious workspace .env files to set runtime-control variables. Attackers can inject variables affecting update sources, gateway URLs, ClawHub resolution, and browser executable paths to compromise application behavior.

References

Advisories
More

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-environment-variable-injection-via-workspace-env-file

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-7wv4-cc7p-jhxc

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/dbfcef319618158fa40b31cdac386ea34c392c0c

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-05

Updated: 2026-05-07

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

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00012