PT-2026-35634 · Npm · Openclaw

Published 2026-04-17 · Updated 2026-04-17

OSV

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Exec environment denylist missed high-risk interpreter startup variables.

Affected Packages / Versions

• Package: openclaw
• Ecosystem: npm
• Affected versions: < 2026.4.10
• Patched versions: >= 2026.4.10

Impact

The exec environment policy missed interpreter startup variables such as VIMINIT, EXINIT, LUA INIT, and HOSTALIASES, allowing operator-supplied environment overrides to influence downstream execution or network behavior.

Technical Details

The fix expands the host environment security policy denylist to cover these and related high-risk environment variables, with regression coverage.

Fix

The issue was fixed in #63277. The first stable tag containing the fix is v2026.4.10, and openclaw@2026.4.14 includes the fix.

Fix Commit(s)

• 2d126fc62343a7b6895351f96e4e1474bc358140
• PR: #63277

Release Process Note

Users should upgrade to openclaw 2026.4.10 or newer. The latest npm release, 2026.4.14, already includes the fix.

Credits

Thanks to @feiyang666 of Tencent zhuque Lab (https://github.com/Tencent/AI-Infra-Guard) for reporting this issue.

Fix

Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-184

Related Identifiers

GHSA-VFP4-8X56-J7C5

Affected Products

Openclaw

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-vfp4-8x56-j7c5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43584 · Security Note
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/2d126fc62343a7b6895351f96e4e1474bc358140 · Note
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-vfp4-8x56-j7c5 · Note
• https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw · Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-insufficient-environment-variable-denylist-in-exec-policy · Note