High severity · published Mar 19, 2026
CVE-2026-32000
OpenClaw < 2026.2.19 - Command Injection via Windows Shell Fallback in Lobster Tool Execution
7.1
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
OpenClaw · OpenClaw
before 2026.2.19 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32000
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-32000
Patch
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/ba7be018da354ea9f803ed356d20464df0437916
Mitigation
https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-7fcc-cw49-xm78
Third Party Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-command-injection-via-windows-shell-fallback-in-lobster-tool-execution
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