OpenClaw < 2026.6.6 Environment Variable Injection via rustup
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
OpenClaw versions before 2026.6.6 contain an environment variable filtering vulnerability in host exec that fails to properly sanitize rustup startup variables. Attackers with lower-trust caller access or configured input paths can execute or persist actions beyond their intended authorization level.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA OpenClaw (OpenClaw) Fixed in 2026.6.6
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
OpenClaw 2026.6.6
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-44428 OpenClaw 2026.4.12-beta.1 < 2026.6.6 Authorization Bypass via message actionsPriority LOW 27
- TI-2026-44424 OpenClaw < 2026.6.6 Network Policy Bypass via exec-serverPriority LOW 22
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-62203
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q58p-x48c-c32c
References
More Openclaw vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-25309 OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 Media Parsing Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-20394 Exposure of resource to wrong sphere in OpenClaw CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-27742 OpenClaw < 2026.3.24 - Arbitrary Code Execution via .npmrc in Local Plugin/Hook Installation CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.4
- TI-2026-27766 OpenClaw < 2026.3.24 - Denial of Service via Feishu Webhook Pre-Auth Body Parsing CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-07315 OpenClaw bluebubbles Webhook monitor.ts handleBlueBubblesWebhookRequest improper authentication CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-17789 OpenClaw < 2026.2.22 - Allowlist Bypass via Command Substitution in system.run CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-62203 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-62203 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q58p-x48c-c32c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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