CVE-2026-43531
high
CVSS v3
8.8
CVSS v4 NEW
7.0
VIR risk
8.8
Description
OpenClaw: Workspace .env could inject OpenClaw runtime-control variables
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.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| openclaw | openclaw | {"endExcluding":"2026.4.9"} | 2026.4.9 |
References
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/dbfcef319618158fa40b31cdac386ea34c392c0c
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-7wv4-cc7p-jhxc
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-environment-variable-injection-via-workspace-env-file
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43531
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/pull/62660
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7wv4-cc7p-jhxc
CWEs
CWE-15
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.