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CVE-2026-53858

OpenClaw before 2026.5.2 contains an environment variable injection vulnerability where workspace .env STATE_DIRECTORY could influence bundled runtime dependency roots. Attackers can manipulate the STATE_DIRECTORY variable to load runtime dependencies from unintended local paths, potentially executing malicious code during dependency resolution.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:96a1093c16c1ae7d3dd90ffea204d4cbff1d9a953394d0e8ea2aeb3a8dd045e1
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 2 assertions

{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"ACTIVE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":…

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:625715fe8649a6e5c98e21f4800bdcc3994e44f2226c09619c5501a847abcb07 · sha256:f3b527db7a8ede84… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":7.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:625715fe8649a6e5c98e21f4800bdcc3994e44f2226c09619c5501a847abcb07 · sha256:f3b527db7a8ede84… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageURL":"pkg:npm/openclaw","product":"OpenClaw","repo":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw","vendor":"OpenClaw","versions":[{"lessThan":"2026.5.2","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"2026.5.2","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:625715fe8649a6e5c98e21f4800bdcc3994e44f2226c09619c5501a847abcb07 · sha256:f3b527db7a8ede84… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

2 source assertions
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":7,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"NONE","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"ACTIVE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:625715fe8649a6e5c98e21f4800bdcc3994e44f2226c09619c5501a847abcb07 · sha256:f3b527db7a8ede84… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":7.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:625715fe8649a6e5c98e21f4800bdcc3994e44f2226c09619c5501a847abcb07 · sha256:f3b527db7a8ede84… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-426","description":"Untrusted Search Path","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:625715fe8649a6e5c98e21f4800bdcc3994e44f2226c09619c5501a847abcb07 · sha256:f3b527db7a8ede84… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

2 source assertions
{"name":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-wc84-j36w-pw4x)","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-wc84-j36w-pw4x"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:625715fe8649a6e5c98e21f4800bdcc3994e44f2226c09619c5501a847abcb07 · sha256:f3b527db7a8ede84… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.5.2 - Arbitrary Runtime Dependency Loading via STATE_DIRECTORY Environment Variable","tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-arbitrary-runtime-dependency-loading-via-state-directory-environment-variable"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:625715fe8649a6e5c98e21f4800bdcc3994e44f2226c09619c5501a847abcb07 · sha256:f3b527db7a8ede84… · /containers/cna/references/1

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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