CVE-2026-42435
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v4 NEW
8.7
VIR risk
8.8
Description
OpenClaw: Shell-wrapper detection missed env-argv assignment injection forms
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/8f8492d172f4c5b4fd7dd9a47855ed620c8770ab
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-j6c7-3h5x-99g9
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-shell-wrapper-detection-bypass-via-environment-variable-assignment-injection
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/65717
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j6c7-3h5x-99g9
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.