PT-2026-33636 · Npm · Openclaw

Published 2026-04-09 · Updated 2026-04-09

OSV

CVSS v4.0

8.6

High

Base vector

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

Impact

HGRCPATH, CARGO BUILD RUSTC WRAPPER, RUSTC WRAPPER, and MAKEFLAGS missing from exec env denylist — RCE via build tool env injection (GHSA-cm8v-2vh9-cxf3 class).

Missing denylist entries allowed hostile build-tool environment variables to influence host exec commands.

OpenClaw is a user-controlled local assistant. This advisory is scoped to the OpenClaw trust model and does not assume a multi-tenant service boundary.

Affected Packages / Versions

• Package: openclaw (npm)
• Affected versions: < 2026.4.8
• Patched versions: 2026.4.8

Fix

The issue was fixed on main and is available in the patched npm version listed above. The verified fixed tree is commit d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5.

Verification

The fix was re-checked against main before publication, including targeted regression tests for the affected security boundary.

Credits

Thanks @boy-hack of Tencent zhuque Lab (https://github.com/Tencent/AI-Infra-Guard) for reporting.

Fix

OS Command Injection

Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

CWE-184

Related Identifiers

GHSA-7437-7HG8-FRRW

Affected Products

Openclaw

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-7437-7hg8-frrw · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5 · Note
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw · Note
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-7437-7hg8-frrw · Note