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CVE-2026-32032 Detail

Description

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.22 contain an arbitrary shell execution vulnerability in shell environment fallback that trusts the unvalidated SHELL path from the host environment. An attacker with local environment access can inject a malicious SHELL variable to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the OpenClaw process.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  VulnCheck
CVSS-B 7.3 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/25e89cc86338ef475d26be043aa541dfdb95e52a VulnCheck
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-f8mp-vj46-cq8v VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-arbitrary-shell-execution-via-unvalidated-shell-environment-variable VulnCheck

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path VulnCheck  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-32032
NVD Published Date:
03/19/2026
NVD Last Modified:
03/19/2026
Source:
VulnCheck