{"id":"CVE-2026-32000","aliases":["EUVD-2026-13039","GHSA-5rp4-cwgh-gvwq","GHSA-7fcc-cw49-xm78"],"status":"published","title":"OpenClaw \u003c 2026.2.19 - Command Injection via Windows Shell Fallback in Lobster Tool Execution","description":"OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.19 contain a command injection vulnerability in the Lobster extension tool execution that uses Windows shell fallback with shell: true after spawn failures. Attackers can inject shell metacharacters in command arguments to execute arbitrary commands when subprocess launch fails with EINVAL or ENOENT errors.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":5.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00657,"percentile":0.51894,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-78"],"published":"2026-03-03T18:09:26Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:29Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","fixed_in":["2026.2.19"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.2.19"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"npm","package":"openclaw","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.2.19"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"openclaw","product":"openclaw"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-7fcc-cw49-xm78","tags":["vendor-advisory","Mitigation","Vendor Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/ba7be018da354ea9f803ed356d20464df0437916","tags":["patch","Patch","fix","web"]},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-command-injection-via-windows-shell-fallback-in-lobster-tool-execution","tags":["third-party-advisory","Third Party Advisory","advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32000","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5rp4-cwgh-gvwq"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7fcc-cw49-xm78"},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/32xxx/CVE-2026-32000.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-32000","title":"OpenClaw \u003c 2026.2.19 - Command Injection via Windows Shell Fallback in Lobster Tool Execution","description":"OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.19 contain a command injection vulnerability in the Lobster extension tool execution that uses Windows shell fallback with shell: true after spawn failures. 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Attackers can inject shell metacharacters in command arguments to execute arbitrary commands when subprocess launch fails with EINVAL or ENOENT errors.","status":"withdrawn","published":"2026-03-19T03:30:57Z","modified":"2026-03-19T16:27:10Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/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","level":"medium"},{"version":"3.1","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:39:37.554665Z"},{"id":"GHSA-7fcc-cw49-xm78","title":"OpenClaw has command injection via Windows shell fallback in Lobster tool execution","description":"## Summary\n\nThe Lobster extension tool execution path used a Windows shell fallback (`shell: true`) after spawn failures (`EINVAL`/`ENOENT`). In that fallback path, shell metacharacters in command arguments can be interpreted by the shell, enabling command injection.\n\n## Affected Packages / Versions\n\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Affected versions: `\u003c= 2026.2.17`\n- Latest confirmed affected published version: `2026.2.17`\n- Patched version: `2026.2.19`\n\n## Technical Details\n\nIn affected releases (including `v2026.2.17`), `extensions/lobster/src/lobster-tool.ts` retried subprocess launch with `shell: true` on Windows for `EINVAL`/`ENOENT` spawn errors. The fix removes shell fallback and resolves Windows wrappers to explicit executable/script argv execution.\n\n## Fix Commit(s)\n\n- `ba7be018da354ea9f803ed356d20464df0437916`\n\nOpenClaw thanks @allsmog for reporting.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-03T18:09:26Z","modified":"2026-03-19T21:22:46Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.6,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:39:38.524712Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-32000","description":"OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.19 contain a command injection vulnerability in the Lobster extension tool execution that uses Windows shell fallback with shell: true after spawn failures. 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Attackers can inject shell metacharacters in command arguments to execute arbitrary commands when subprocess launch fails with EINVAL or ENOENT errors.","status":"withdrawn","published":"2026-03-19T03:30:57Z","modified":"2026-03-19T16:31:23.452949Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H","level":"medium"},{"version":"4.0","score":5.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/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","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:38.911014Z"},{"id":"GHSA-7fcc-cw49-xm78","title":"OpenClaw has command injection via Windows shell fallback in Lobster tool execution","description":"## Summary\n\nThe Lobster extension tool execution path used a Windows shell fallback (`shell: true`) after spawn failures (`EINVAL`/`ENOENT`). In that fallback path, shell metacharacters in command arguments can be interpreted by the shell, enabling command injection.\n\n## Affected Packages / Versions\n\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Affected versions: `\u003c= 2026.2.17`\n- Latest confirmed affected published version: `2026.2.17`\n- Patched version: `2026.2.19`\n\n## Technical Details\n\nIn affected releases (including `v2026.2.17`), `extensions/lobster/src/lobster-tool.ts` retried subprocess launch with `shell: true` on Windows for `EINVAL`/`ENOENT` spawn errors. The fix removes shell fallback and resolves Windows wrappers to explicit executable/script argv execution.\n\n## Fix Commit(s)\n\n- `ba7be018da354ea9f803ed356d20464df0437916`\n\nOpenClaw thanks @allsmog for reporting.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-03T18:09:26Z","modified":"2026-03-19T21:41:21.351688Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.6,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-78"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:41.002603Z"}]}}