CVE-2026-41294
OpenClaw before 2026.3.28 loads the current working directory .env file before trusted state-dir configuration, allowing environment variable injection. Attackers can place a malicious .env file in a repository or workspace to override runtime configuration and security-sensitive environment settings during OpenClaw startup.
Scoring
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS base score
- 8.6
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- EPSS probability
- 0.13%
- CWE
- CWE-15
- Published
- 2026-04-20
- Last modified
- 2026-04-21
Affected products
- OpenClaw OpenClaw
- OpenClaw OpenClaw
Weakness type
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