CVE•Published 2026-05-05•Modified 2026-05-05•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-42435
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
OpenClaw versions from 2026.2.22 before 2026.4.12 contain an insufficient shell-wrapper detection vulnerability allowing attackers to inject environment variable assignments at the argv level. Attackers can bypass exec preflight handling to manipulate high-risk shell variables like SHELLOPTS and PS4, affecting execution semantics and security controls.
Timeline
Published 2026-05-05
Modified 2026-05-05
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-42435Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-42435Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-42435Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-42435GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-42435" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.