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Attackers can exploit this bypass to intercept or manipulate package management operations by injecting malicious index URLs through unsanitized environment variables.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-28T18:09:51.901Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:03.358072966Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":5.8,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-184"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:03.764807Z"},{"id":"GHSA-7ggg-pvrf-458v","title":"OpenClaw: PIP_INDEX_URL and UV_INDEX_URL bypass host exec env sanitization and redirect Python package-index traffic","description":"## Summary\n`PIP_INDEX_URL` and `UV_INDEX_URL` bypass host exec env sanitization and redirect Python package-index traffic\n\n## Current Maintainer Triage\n- Status: narrow\n- Normalized severity: high\n- Assessment: v2026.3.28 still allows Python package-index env redirection through host exec, but scope should stay limited to approved or allowlisted package-management exec paths, not arbitrary remote execution.\n\n## Affected Packages / Versions\n- Package: `openclaw` (npm)\n- Latest published npm version: `2026.3.31`\n- Vulnerable version range: `\u003c=2026.3.28`\n- Patched versions: `\u003e= 2026.3.31`\n- First stable tag containing the fix: `v2026.3.31`\n\n## Fix Commit(s)\n- `7ae1bb0c7799fd0cbd2d4de7b0f5b8039837ab8d` — 2026-03-31T09:53:32+09:00\n\nOpenClaw thanks @nexrin for reporting.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-02T20:57:44Z","modified":"2026-05-06T02:51:07.015427Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"},{"version":"4.0","score":7.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-184","CWE-807"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:41.002603Z"}]}}