CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.3. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable.
Public Exploit Signal
A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.
Detected Signals
remote code execution arbitrary code execution code execution
GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2026-42427
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.3
EPSS
0.19%
Original NVD Description
OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 contains a remote code execution vulnerability caused by missing environment variable denylist entries for HGRCPATH, CARGO_BUILD_RUSTC_WRAPPER, RUSTC_WRAPPER, and MAKEFLAGS. Attackers can inject malicious build tool environment variables to influence host exec commands and achieve arbitrary code execution.
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