OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant. Versions 2026.1.8 through 2026.2.13 have a command injection in the maintainer/dev script `scripts/update-clawtributors.ts`. The issue affects contributors/maintainers (or CI) who run `bun scripts/update-clawtributors.ts` in a source checkout that contains a malicious commit author email (e.g. crafted `@users[.]noreply[.]github[.]com` values). Normal CLI usage is not affected (`npm i -g openclaw`): this script is not part of the shipped CLI and is not executed during routine operation. The script derived a GitHub login from `git log` author metadata and interpolated it into a shell command (via `execSync`). A malicious commit record could inject shell metacharacters and execute arbitrary commands when the script is run. Version 2026.2.14 contains a patch.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-m7x8-2w3w-pr42 OpenClaw has a command injection in maintainer clawtributors updater
Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Openclaw
Openclaw openclaw
Vendors & Products Openclaw
Openclaw openclaw

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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Description OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant. Versions 2026.1.8 through 2026.2.13 have a command injection in the maintainer/dev script `scripts/update-clawtributors.ts`. The issue affects contributors/maintainers (or CI) who run `bun scripts/update-clawtributors.ts` in a source checkout that contains a malicious commit author email (e.g. crafted `@users[.]noreply[.]github[.]com` values). Normal CLI usage is not affected (`npm i -g openclaw`): this script is not part of the shipped CLI and is not executed during routine operation. The script derived a GitHub login from `git log` author metadata and interpolated it into a shell command (via `execSync`). A malicious commit record could inject shell metacharacters and execute arbitrary commands when the script is run. Version 2026.2.14 contains a patch.
Title OpenClaw has a command injection in maintainer clawtributors updater
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-19T22:47:47.978Z

Reserved: 2026-02-13T16:27:51.808Z

Link: CVE-2026-26323

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-19T23:16:25.500

Modified: 2026-02-19T23:16:25.500

Link: CVE-2026-26323

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-20T09:53:38Z

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