CVE-2026-44115

OpenClaw < 2026.4.22 - Shell Expansion Bypass in Unquoted Heredocs via Exec Allowlist

OpenClaw before 2026.4.22 contains an exec allowlist analysis vulnerability allowing shell expansion hiding in unquoted heredoc bodies. Attackers can bypass allowlist validation by embedding shell expansion tokens in heredoc bodies to execute unapproved commands at runtime.

Affected

OpenClaw

CVSS v4.0 VULNCHECK

8.7 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CVSS v3.1 VULNCHECK

8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 48th percentile

Published

2026-05-06

Updated

2026-09-24

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• agenticdome/agenticdome-openclaw-security-ts0★ · 2026-10-12

Security advisories

• openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-x3h8-jrgh-p8jx
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-shell-expansion-bypass-in-unquoted-heredocs…
• openclaw/openclaw/commit/b2e8b7d4bb2f22eaa16f5c4b07547774e90b65a5

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2026-25253
• CVE-2026-44118