GHSA-2fgq-7j6h-9rm4: OpenClaw has system.run shell-wrapper env injection via SHELLOPTS/PS4 can bypass allowlist intent (RCE)

March 3, 2026

system.run allowed SHELLOPTS + PS4 environment injection to trigger command substitution during bash -lc xtrace expansion before the allowlisted command body executed.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-2fgq-7j6h-9rm4
github.com/openclaw/openclaw
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/e80c803fa887f9699ad87a9e906ab5c1ff85bd9a
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-2fgq-7j6h-9rm4

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