Medium
OpenClaw < 2026.2.19 - Command Injection via Windows Shell Fallback in Lobster Tool Execution
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-32000
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 14:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
OpenClaw < 2026.2.19 - Command Injection via Windows Shell Fallback in Lobster Tool Execution
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 19 Mar 2026, 01:00 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2026-32000
Complete source record
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"title": "OpenClaw < 2026.2.19 - Command Injection via Windows Shell Fallback in Lobster Tool Execution",
"summary": "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.",
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"modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:29.722904359Z",
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"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32000",
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"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/ba7be018da354ea9f803ed356d20464df0437916"
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"published_at": "2026-03-19T01:00:57.057+00:00"
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