OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant. Versions 2026.1.8 through 2026.2.13 have a command injection in the maintainer/dev script `scripts/update-clawtributors.ts`. The issue affects contributors/maintainers (or CI) who run `bun scripts/update-clawtributors.ts` in a source checkout that contains a malicious commit author email (e.g. crafted `@users[.]noreply[.]github[.]com` values). Normal CLI usage is not affected (`npm i -g openclaw`): this script is not part of the shipped CLI and is not executed during routine operation. The script derived a GitHub login from `git log` author metadata and interpolated it into a shell command (via `execSync`). A malicious commit record could inject shell metacharacters and execute arbitrary commands when the script is run. Version 2026.2.14 contains a patch.
Advisories
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-m7x8-2w3w-pr42 | OpenClaw has a command injection in maintainer clawtributors updater |
Fixes
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
References
History
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:15:00 +0000
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Thu, 19 Feb 2026 23:00:00 +0000
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| Description | OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant. Versions 2026.1.8 through 2026.2.13 have a command injection in the maintainer/dev script `scripts/update-clawtributors.ts`. The issue affects contributors/maintainers (or CI) who run `bun scripts/update-clawtributors.ts` in a source checkout that contains a malicious commit author email (e.g. crafted `@users[.]noreply[.]github[.]com` values). Normal CLI usage is not affected (`npm i -g openclaw`): this script is not part of the shipped CLI and is not executed during routine operation. The script derived a GitHub login from `git log` author metadata and interpolated it into a shell command (via `execSync`). A malicious commit record could inject shell metacharacters and execute arbitrary commands when the script is run. Version 2026.2.14 contains a patch. | |
| Title | OpenClaw has a command injection in maintainer clawtributors updater | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-78 | |
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| Metrics |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-02-19T22:47:47.978Z
Reserved: 2026-02-13T16:27:51.808Z
Link: CVE-2026-26323
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-02-19T23:16:25.500
Modified: 2026-02-19T23:16:25.500
Link: CVE-2026-26323
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-02-20T09:53:38Z
Weaknesses
Github GHSA