CVE-2026-43531
OpenClaw before 2026.4.9 contains an environment variable injection vulnerability allowing malicious workspace .env files to set runtime-control variables. Attackers can inject variables affecting update sources, gateway URLs, ClawHub resolution, and browser executable paths to compromise application behavior.
Scoring
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS base score
- 7.3
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- EPSS probability
- 0.20%
- CWE
- CWE-15
- Published
- 2026-05-05
- Last modified
- 2026-05-05
Affected products
- OpenClaw OpenClaw
- OpenClaw OpenClaw
Weakness type
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