AI agent vulnerability · OpenClaw

CVE-2026-43584: OpenClaw: Exec environment denylist missed high-risk interpreter startup variables

highCVSS 4.0 8.7 · 3.1 8.8GHSA-vfp4-8x56-j7c5

Summary Exec environment denylist missed high-risk interpreter startup variables. Affected Packages / Versions - Package: openclaw - Ecosystem: npm - Affected versions: = 2026.4.10 Impact The exec environment policy missed interpreter startup variables such as VIMINIT, EXINIT, LUAINIT, and HOSTALIASES, allowing operator-supplied environment overrides to influence downstream execution or network behavior.

Published Apr 17, 2026 · Updated May 12, 2026

Affected packages

openclaw

Ecosystem: npm
Affected: < 2026.4.10
Fixed in: 2026.4.10
Check: npm ls openclaw

Advisory details

From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).

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 [email protected] 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.

Credited to feiyang666.

References

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