What is CVE-2026-43584?

CVE-2026-43584 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-43584?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Openclaw

CVE-2026-43584

OpenClaw before 2026.4.10 contains an insufficient environment variable denylist vulnerability in its exec environment policy that allows operator-supplied overrides of high-risk interpreter startup variables including VIMINIT, EXINIT, LUA…

EPSS: 0.001 (30.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Openclaw — versions 0, 2026.4.10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-184 — Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs

References

Patch Commit (Patch, patch)
GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-vfp4-8x56-j7c5) (vendor-advisory, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)
VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.4.10 - Insufficient Environment Variable Denylist in Exec Policy (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-43584?: CVE-2026-43584 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openclaw, classified under Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-43584?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.