GHSA-7fcc-cw49-xm78: OpenClaw has command injection via Windows shell fallback in Lobster tool execution

March 3, 2026

The Lobster extension tool execution path used a Windows shell fallback (shell: true) after spawn failures (EINVAL/ENOENT). In that fallback path, shell metacharacters in command arguments can be interpreted by the shell, enabling command injection.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-7fcc-cw49-xm78
github.com/openclaw/openclaw
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/ba7be018da354ea9f803ed356d20464df0437916
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-7fcc-cw49-xm78

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