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CVE-2026-43531

32
FAUCET Score

OpenClaw before 2026.4.9 contains an environment variable injection vulnerability allowing malicious workspace .env files to set runtime-control variables. Attackers can inject variables affecting update sources, gateway URLs, ClawHub resolution, and browser executable paths to compromise application behavior.

First published: May 5, 2026Last modified: May 5, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0, < 2026.4.9CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
< 2026.4.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 4.0

7.0HIGH

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
PASSIVE
VS Confidentiality
HIGH
VS Integrity
HIGH
VS Availability
HIGH
SS Confidentiality
NONE
SS Integrity
NONE
SS Availability
NONE
Exploit Maturity
NOT_DEFINED
CvssVersion
4.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
10.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0020 is in the 1st percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: openclawFixed in: 2026.4.9

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-7wv4-cc7p-jhxcmedium

OpenClaw: Workspace .env could inject OpenClaw runtime-control variables

Apr 17, 2026

References

github.com / openclaw/openclaw/commit/dbfcef319618158fa40b31cdac386ea34c392c0c
Patch
github.com / openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-7wv4-cc7p-jhxc
Vendor Advisory
vulncheck.com / advisories/openclaw-environment-variable-injection-via-workspace-env-file
Third Party Advisory