CVE-2026-34426
HIGHDescription
OpenClaw versions prior to commit b57b680 contain an approval bypass vulnerability due to inconsistent environment variable normalization between approval and execution paths, allowing attackers to inject attacker-controlled environment variables into execution without approval system validation. Attackers can exploit differing normalization logic to discard non-portable keys during approval processing while accepting them at execution time, bypassing operator review and potentially influencing runtime behavior including execution of attacker-controlled binaries.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 17% of all known CVEs.
References
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/b57b680c0c34de907d57f60c38fb358e82aef8f7
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/59182
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-98ch-45wp-ch47
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-approval-bypass-via-environment-variable-normalization
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