CVE-2026-42434
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v4 NEW
8.7
VIR risk
8.8
Description
OpenClaw: Sandboxed agents could escape exec routing via host=node override
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
92%
Patch ETA
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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 โ if you've already worked around this in production โ publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/dffad08529202edbf34e4808788e1182fe10f6a9
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-736r-jwj6-4w23
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-sandbox-escape-via-host-parameter-override-in-exec-routing
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42434
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/63880
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-736r-jwj6-4w23
CWEs
CWE-863
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.