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TI-2026-64730 Aliases CVE-2026-100570GHSA-g53g-fv6q-g8f9

OpenClaw before 2026.8.1 Remote Code Execution via CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_ARGS

Priority LOW 38CWE-88Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-88.

Summary

OpenClaw (npm package 'openclaw') versions >= 2026.3.28 and < 2026.8.1 allow an untrusted workspace .env file to set the CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_ARGS environment variable. When an operator starts OpenClaw in attacker-controlled workspace content and then runs the Gmail setup flow, that value is inherited when gcloud is launched, and the gcloud launcher passes it as arguments to the trusted Python interpreter. A crafted CLOUDSDK_PYTHON_ARGS value can therefore cause Python to execute attacker-supplied code with the OpenClaw host user's permissions, allowing credentials to be read, files to be modified, or other processes to be started. This issue is fixed in version 2026.8.1; as a workaround, run Gmail setup only from trusted workspaces and clear inherited CLOUDSDK_* variables beforehand.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00134 2nd 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
Total

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
OpenClawOpenClaw2026.3.28 to before 2026.8.12026.8.1Patch availableCNA
  • OpenClaw VendorOpenClaw Affected 2026.3.28 to 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
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-100570
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g53g-fv6q-g8f9

References

Advisory 1

  • 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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Sources

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