GHSA-vfw7-6rhc-6xxg
OpenClaw Has Incomplete Fix for CVE-2026-4039: CLI Backend Environment Variable Injection via Workspace Config
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Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
## 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.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-vfw7-6rhc-6xxg
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41384
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/c2fb7f1948c3226732a630256b5179a60664ec24
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-environment-variable-injection-via-workspace-config-in-cli-backend