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CVE

CVE-2026-41384

OpenClaw Has Incomplete Fix for CVE-2026-4039: CLI Backend Environment Variable Injection via Workspace Config
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CVE

CVE-2026-41384

OpenClaw Has Incomplete Fix for CVE-2026-4039: CLI Backend Environment Variable Injection via Workspace Config

Summary

Incomplete Fix for CVE-2026-4039: CLI Backend Environment Variable Injection via Workspace Config

Current Maintainer Triage

  • Status: open
  • Normalized severity: high
  • Assessment: Real shipped malicious-workspace-config env injection in the CLI backend runner, fixed by sanitizing backend env before spawn and shipped in v2026.3.24, so advisory stays open until published.

Affected Packages / Versions

  • Package: openclaw (npm)
  • Latest published npm version: 2026.3.31
  • Vulnerable version range: <=2026.3.23-2
  • Patched versions: >= 2026.3.24
  • First stable tag containing the fix: v2026.3.24

Fix Commit(s)

  • c2fb7f1948c3226732a630256b5179a60664ec24 — 2026-03-24T12:58:10-07:00

Release Process Note

  • The fix is already present in released version 2026.3.24.
  • This draft looks ready for final maintainer disposition or publication, not additional code-fix work.

Thanks @YLChen-007 for reporting.

Package Versions Affected

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
8.5
-
4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
C
H
U
0
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
7.5
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Related Resources

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References

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-vfw7-6rhc-6xxg, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41384, https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/c2fb7f1948c3226732a630256b5179a60664ec24, https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw, https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-environment-variable-injection-via-workspace-config-in-cli-backend

Severity

7.5

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Ecosystem
Base CVSS
7.5
EPSS Probability
0.00016%
EPSS Percentile
0.03559%
Introduced Version
0,2026.3.22-beta.1,2026.2.13,2026.2.6-1,2026.2.6,2026.2.2,2026.1.29-beta.1,2026.1.27-beta.1,2026.1.10
Fix Available
2026.3.24,2026.3.24-beta.1

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