CVE-2026-32971: OpenClaw: Node-host approvals could show misleading shell payloads instead of the executed argv
(updated )
In affected versions of openclaw, node-host system.run approvals could display only an extracted shell payload such as jq --version while execution still ran a different outer wrapper argv such as ./env sh -c 'jq --version'.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-rw39-5899-8mxp
- github.com/openclaw/openclaw
- github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases/tag/v2026.3.11
- github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-rw39-5899-8mxp
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32971
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-node-host-approval-ui-mismatch-allows-execution-of-unintended-commands
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