In short
- CVE-2026-26323 is a HIGH (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability affecting openclaw (openclaw), openclaw.
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.9%, higher than 80.1% of all vulnerabilities.
- Fix: update to 2026.2.14 or later.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| openclaw | ≥ 2026.1.8, < 2026.2.14
| 2026.2.14
|
| openclaw npm | ≥ 2026.1.8, < 2026.2.14
| 2026.2.14
|
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.
NVD description
OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant. Versions 2026.1.8 through 2026.2.13 have a command injection in the maintainer/dev script `scripts/update-clawtributors.ts`. The issue 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. 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. Version 2026.2.14 contains a patch.
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