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CVE-2026-42427
5.3 MEDIUM
- CVSS version: 3.1
- Attack vector (AV): LOCAL
- Attack complexity (AC): HIGH
- Privileges required (PR): LOW
- User interaction (UI): NONE
- Scope (S): UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality impact (C): LOW
- Integrity impact (I): HIGH
- Availability impact (A): NONE
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OpenClaw < 2026.4.8 - Remote Code Execution via Build Tool Environment Variable Injection
OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains a remote code execution vulnerability caused by missing environment variable denylist entries for HGRCPATH, CARGO_BUILD_RUSTC_WRAPPER, RUSTC_WRAPPER, and MAKEFLAGS. Attackers can inject malicious build tool environment variables to influence host exec commands and achieve arbitrary code execution.
References
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GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-7437-7hg8-frrw) vendor-advisory
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Patch Commit patch
Affected products
OpenClaw
- <2026.4.8
- ==2026.4.8
Package maintainers
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@mkg20001 Maciej Krüger <mkg20001+nix@gmail.com>
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@chrisportela Chris Portela <chris@chrisportela.com>