GHSA-w9cg-v44m-4qv8: OpenClaw affected by BASH_ENV / ENV startup-file injection into spawned shell commands

March 3, 2026

BASH_ENV / ENV startup-file injection could lead to unintended pre-command shell execution when attacker-controlled environment values were admitted and then inherited by host command execution paths.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-w9cg-v44m-4qv8
github.com/openclaw/openclaw
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/2cdbadee1f8fcaa93302d7debbfc529e19868ea4
github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-w9cg-v44m-4qv8

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