CVE-2026-44995Disclosure(openclaw / openclaw)

LOWCVSS 5.4 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.20 contains an improper environment variable validation vulnerability in MCP stdio server configuration that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code. Malicious workspace configurations can pass dangerous startup variables like NODE_OPTIONS, LD_PRELOAD, or BASH_ENV to spawned MCP server processes, enabling code injection when operators start sessions using those servers.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-829

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

STABLE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • openclaw

Threat summary

  • 2 mentions across 2 observed days
  • Momentum state: stable

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 2 signals
  • Disclosure: 2 classified signals
  • Peaked 1d ago at 1 mentions (2026-05-11); latest day: 1
  • 2 total mentions across 2 days

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
openclaw

Deep dive

Activity timeline2 mentions / 2d
00111Mentions · 2026-05-11: 1Mentions · 2026-06-23: 1Technical Details · 2026-05-11: 1Technical Details · 2026-06-23: 105-1106-23
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
2100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
By indicator
Full discourse2 posts
  • Lyrie.ai@lyrie_ai
    Disclosure

    Unpopular opinion: The cybersecurity industry is selling you dashboards. The Workspace Trap: CVE-2026-44995 Turns OpenClaw MCP Configs Into Code Execution

    Post summary

    The post announces CVE-2026-44995, noting it turns OpenClaw MCP configs into code execution, but offers no additional technical details, PoC, or patch information.

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  • CVE@CVEnew
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-44995 OpenClaw before 2026.4.20 contains an improper environment variable validation vulnerability in MCP stdio server configuration that allows attackers to execute arbitr… https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44995

    Post summary

    An improper environment variable validation vulnerability in OpenClaw’s MCP stdio server configuration (CVE‑2026‑44995) allows arbitrary code execution, but the post provides no PoC, exploit, or patch information.

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PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
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