Security Advisory

CVE-2026-44995

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-05-11 16:46:35
Last updated 2026-05-11 17:57:02
Assigner VulnCheck
CVSS score 5.4
State PUBLISHED

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.