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OpenClaw before 2026.8.1 CSV Formula Injection via Session Labels

Priority LOW 23CWE-1236Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

OpenClaw (npm package `openclaw`) before 2026.8.1 does not neutralize leading characters that spreadsheet applications interpret as formulas when the Control UI exports session data to CSV. Although session labels were quoted as CSV text, a lower-trust participant who can influence a session label or the first user message can place a formula-like cell in the Usage export; if an operator opens that export in a spreadsheet application with formula evaluation enabled, the cell may be evaluated with the permissions of the spreadsheet user. OpenClaw itself does not evaluate the formula, and practical impact depends on the spreadsheet application's security settings. The issue is fixed in 2026.8.1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00188 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed OpenClaw (OpenClaw): 2026.8.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
OpenClawOpenClawbefore 2026.8.12026.8.1Patch availableCNA
  • OpenClaw VendorOpenClaw Affected before 2026.8.1 Fixed in 2026.8.1 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——OpenClaw
  • cpe:2.3:a:openclaw:openclaw:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·OpenClaw

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA OpenClaw (OpenClaw) Fixed in 2026.8.1

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    OpenClaw 2026.8.1

    40 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 38 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-64719 OpenClaw before 2026.8.1 Resource Exhaustion via WebSocket UpgradePriority MEDIUM 43
    • TI-2026-64727 OpenClaw before 2026.8.1 DNS Rebinding via CDP HostnamePriority MEDIUM 40
    • TI-2026-64728 OpenClaw before 2026.8.1 Unauthorized Command Job AccessPriority LOW 39

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-100563
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-79w7-46j2-phwg
  3. 2026-10-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

  • TI-2026-07590 Crabbox < v0.12.0 Environment Variable Information Disclosure CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-25309 OpenClaw < 2026.3.28 Media Parsing Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-65190 OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1 Remote Code Execution via system.execApprovals.set CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-65188 OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1 Authorization Bypass 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
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