GHSA-8fmp-37rc-p5g7: OpenClaw's config env vars allowed startup env injection into service runtime

March 3, 2026

OpenClaw allowed dangerous process-control environment variables from env.vars (for example NODE_OPTIONS, LD_*, DYLD_*) to flow into gateway service runtime environments, enabling startup-time code execution in the OpenClaw process context.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-8fmp-37rc-p5g7
github.com/openclaw/openclaw
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/2cdbadee1f8fcaa93302d7debbfc529e19868ea4
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-8fmp-37rc-p5g7

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