CVE-2026-42427

medium

Published 2026-04-28 · Modified 2026-04-28

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CVSS v3

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

5.8

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/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

VIR risk

5.3

Description

OpenClaw: HGRCPATH, CARGO_BUILD_RUSTC_WRAPPER, RUSTC_WRAPPER, and MAKEFLAGS missing from exec env denylist — RCE via build tool env injection (GHSA-cm8v-2vh9-cxf3 class)

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

53%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
npm	openclaw	`<2026.4.8`	`2026.4.8`
NPM	openclaw	`< 2026.4.8`	`2026.4.8`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
openclaw	openclaw	`{"endExcluding":"2026.4.8"}`	`2026.4.8`

References

CWEs

CWE-184

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.