CVE-2026-45004: OpenClaw vulnerable to arbitrary code execution via attacker-controlled setup-api.js loaded from cwd during env-key resolution
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OpenClaw’s bundled plugin setup resolver could fall back to process.cwd() while resolving provider setup metadata. If a user ran an OpenClaw command from an attacker-controlled repository containing extensions/<plugin>/setup-api.js, OpenClaw could load and execute that JavaScript during ordinary provider/model status resolution.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-r39h-4c2p-3jxp
- github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/993781e6e6eaf50f033cfc3e3bf4f47059740707
- github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-r39h-4c2p-3jxp
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45004
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-arbitrary-code-execution-via-setup-api-js-in-current-working-directory
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