GHSA-7437-7hg8-frrw

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7437-7hg8-frrw
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-7437-7hg8-frrw/GHSA-7437-7hg8-frrw.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-7437-7hg8-frrw
Aliases
Downstream
Published
2026-04-09T14:22:29Z
Modified
2026-05-05T16:11:44Z
Severity
  • 8.6 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
OpenClaw: HGRCPATH, CARGO_BUILD_RUSTC_WRAPPER, RUSTC_WRAPPER, and MAKEFLAGS missing from exec env denylist — RCE via build tool env injection (GHSA-cm8v-2vh9-cxf3 class)
Details

Impact

HGRCPATH, CARGO_BUILD_RUSTC_WRAPPER, RUSTC_WRAPPER, and MAKEFLAGS missing from exec env denylist — RCE via build tool env injection (GHSA-cm8v-2vh9-cxf3 class).

Missing denylist entries allowed hostile build-tool environment variables to influence host exec commands.

OpenClaw is a user-controlled local assistant. This advisory is scoped to the OpenClaw trust model and does not assume a multi-tenant service boundary.

Affected Packages / Versions

  • Package: openclaw (npm)
  • Affected versions: < 2026.4.8
  • Patched versions: 2026.4.8

Fix

The issue was fixed on main and is available in the patched npm version listed above. The verified fixed tree is commit d7c3210cd6f5fdfdc1beff4c9541673e814354d5.

Verification

The fix was re-checked against main before publication, including targeted regression tests for the affected security boundary.

Credits

Thanks @boy-hack of Tencent zhuque Lab (https://github.com/Tencent/AI-Infra-Guard) for reporting.

Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-184",
        "CWE-78"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2026-04-09T14:22:29Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  null,
    "severity":  "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / openclaw

Package

Name
openclaw
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Purl
pkg:npm/openclaw

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2026.4.8

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/04/GHSA-7437-7hg8-frrw/GHSA-7437-7hg8-frrw.json"