AI agent vulnerability · OpenClaw

CVE-2026-41384: OpenClaw Has Incomplete Fix for CVE-2026-4039: CLI Backend Environment Variable Injection via Workspace Config

highCVSS 4.0 8.7 · 3.1 7.8GHSA-vfw7-6rhc-6xxg

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.

Published Apr 7, 2026 · Updated May 6, 2026

Affected packages

openclaw

Ecosystem: npm
Affected: <= 2026.3.23-2
Fixed in: 2026.3.24
Check: npm ls openclaw

Advisory details

From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).

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.

Credited to YLChen-007.

References

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