{"id":"GHSA-vfw7-6rhc-6xxg","summary":"OpenClaw Has Incomplete Fix for CVE-2026-4039: CLI Backend Environment Variable Injection via Workspace Config","details":"## Summary\nIncomplete Fix for CVE-2026-4039: CLI Backend Environment Variable Injection via Workspace Config\n\n## Current Maintainer Triage\n- Status: open\n- Normalized severity: high\n- 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.\n\n## Affected Packages / Versions\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Latest published npm version: `2026.3.31`\n- Vulnerable version range: `\u003c=2026.3.23-2`\n- Patched versions: `\u003e= 2026.3.24`\n- First stable tag containing the fix: `v2026.3.24`\n\n## Fix Commit(s)\n- `c2fb7f1948c3226732a630256b5179a60664ec24` — 2026-03-24T12:58:10-07:00\n\n## Release Process Note\n- The fix is already present in released version `2026.3.24`.\n- This draft looks ready for final maintainer disposition or publication, not additional code-fix work.\n\nThanks @YLChen-007 for reporting.","aliases":["CVE-2026-41384"],"modified":"2026-05-06T02:50:30.176940Z","published":"2026-04-07T18:10:52Z","database_specific":{"severity":"HIGH","github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2026-04-07T18:10:52Z","nvd_published_at":"2026-04-28T19:37:41Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-15","CWE-426"]},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-vfw7-6rhc-6xxg"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41384"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/c2fb7f1948c3226732a630256b5179a60664ec24"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-environment-variable-injection-via-workspace-config-in-cli-backend"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openclaw","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/openclaw"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.3.24"}]}],"database_specific":{"last_known_affected_version_range":"\u003c= 2026.3.23-2","source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-vfw7-6rhc-6xxg/GHSA-vfw7-6rhc-6xxg.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}