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Description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.22 contains an exec allowlist analysis vulnerability allowing shell expansion hiding in unquoted heredoc bodies. Attackers can bypass allowlist validation by embedding shell expansion tokens in heredoc bodies to execute unapproved commands at runtime.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-05 | Published 2026-05-06 | Updated 2026-05-07 | Assigner VulnCheck




HIGH: 8.7CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

HIGH: 8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-184: Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version before 2026.4.22
affected

2026.4.22 (semver)
unaffected

Credits

vladimir tokarev (@VladimirEliTokarev) reporter

References

github.com/...enclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-x3h8-jrgh-p8jx (GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-x3h8-jrgh-p8jx)) vendor-advisory

github.com/...ommit/b2e8b7d4bb2f22eaa16f5c4b07547774e90b65a5 (Patch Commit) patch

www.vulncheck.com/...in-unquoted-heredocs-via-exec-allowlist (VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.4.22 - Shell Expansion Bypass in Unquoted Heredocs via Exec Allowlist) third-party-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2026-44115)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-44115)

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