Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-31992

Title: Allowlist Bypass in system.run guardrails

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-31992.

CWE Category CWE-184

Published Date Mar 19, 2026

Modified Date Mar 19, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.1 CVSS v4.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.34%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-31992: OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.23 contain an allowlist bypass vulnerability in system.run guardrails that allows authenticated operators to execute unintended commands. When /usr/bin/env is allowlisted, attackers can use env -S to bypass policy analysis and execute shell wrapper payloads at runtime.

Impacted Vendors

openclaw 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/3f923e831364d83d0f23499ee49961de334cf58b https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/a1c4bf07c6baad3ef87a0e710fe9aef127b1f606 https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-48wf-g7cp-gr3m https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-allowlist-exec-guard-bypass-via-env-s

CVSS v4.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.1

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:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/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

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2026-31992 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

March 19, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

March 19, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

March 19, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

March 19, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.