Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-28391

RCE

Title: Command Injection in allowlist-gated exec requests

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-28391.

CWE Category CWE-184

Published Date Mar 05, 2026

Modified Date Mar 10, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.2 CVSS v4.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.50%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-28391: OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.2 fail to properly validate Windows cmd.exe metacharacters in allowlist-gated exec requests (non-default configuration), allowing attackers to bypass command approval restrictions. Remote attackers can craft command strings with shell metacharacters like & or %...% to execute unapproved commands beyond the allowlisted operations.

Impacted Vendors

openclaw 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/a7f4a53ce80c98ba1452eb90802d447fca9bf3d6 https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-qj77-c3c8-9c3q https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-command-injection-via-cmdexe-parsing-bypass-in-allowlist-enforcement

CVSS v4.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity CRITICAL

9.2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

N/A

RAW VECTOR

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/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