CVE-2026-44115 (GCVE-0-2026-44115)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-06 19:49 – Updated: 2026-05-07 12:38 X_Open Source
VLAI?
Title
OpenClaw < 2026.4.22 - Shell Expansion Bypass in Unquoted Heredocs via Exec Allowlist
Summary
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.
Severity ?
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-184 - Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
OpenClaw OpenClaw Affected: 0 , < 2026.4.22 (semver)
Unaffected: 2026.4.22 (semver)
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Date Public ?
2026-04-23 00:00
Credits
vladimir tokarev (@VladimirEliTokarev)
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