OpenClaw has a command injection in maintainer clawtributors updater

CVE-2026-26323 → View on GitHub ↗ View on CVE.org ↗ View on NVD ↗

Description

Summary

Command injection in the maintainer/dev script scripts/update-clawtributors.ts.

Impact

Affects contributors/maintainers (or CI) who run bun scripts/update-clawtributors.ts in a source checkout that contains a malicious commit author email (e.g. crafted @users.noreply.github.com values).

Normal CLI usage is not affected (npm i -g openclaw): this script is not part of the shipped CLI and is not executed during routine operation.

Affected Versions

  • Source checkouts: tags v2026.1.8 through v2026.2.13 (inclusive)
  • Version range (structured): >= 2026.1.8, < 2026.2.14

Details

The script derived a GitHub login from git log author metadata and interpolated it into a shell command (via execSync). A malicious commit record could inject shell metacharacters and execute arbitrary commands when the script is run.

Fix

  • Fix commit: a429380e337152746031d290432a4b93aa553d55
  • Planned patched version: 2026.2.14

Credits

Thanks @scanleale and @MegaManSec (https://joshua.hu) of AISLE Research Team for reporting.

Basic information

Type
reviewed
Severity
high
Advisory on GitHub
Open advisory ↗
Repository advisory
Open repository advisory ↗
Source code
Browse source ↗
Published (advisory)
2026-02-18 00:46:54 UTC
Updated
2026-02-20 16:45:55 UTC
GitHub reviewed
2026-02-18 00:46:54 UTC
NVD published
2026-02-19

EPSS Score

Score Percentile
0.06% 17.02%

CVSS Scores

Base score Version Severity Vector
8.6 4.0 —
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and stable.
Attack requirements (AT:N)
No additional preconditions are required beyond normal reachability.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No privileges are required.
User interaction (UI:P)
A user has to participate (for example click/open/approve).
Vulnerable system confidentiality impact (VC:H)
High confidentiality impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system integrity impact (VI:H)
High integrity impact on the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system availability impact (VA:N)
No availability impact on the vulnerable system.
Subsequent system confidentiality impact (SC:N)
No confidentiality impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system integrity impact (SI:N)
No integrity impact on subsequent systems.
Subsequent system availability impact (SA:N)
No availability impact on subsequent systems.

Identifiers

Type Value
GHSA GHSA-m7x8-2w3w-pr42 ↗
CVE CVE-2026-26323 ↗

CWEs

CWE id Name
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Credits

  • scanleale (reporter)
  • MegaManSec (reporter)

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem Package Vulnerable range First patched Vulnerable functions
npm openclaw >= 2026.1.8, < 2026.2.14 2026.2.14 —

References

cvelogic Threat Intelligence