CVE-2026-100580: Openclaw

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

OpenClaw (npm package 'openclaw') before 2026.7.1 improperly handles case sensitivity in the model-facing cron tool: a mixed-case payload kind can pass the agent-facing shell-execution guard and later normalize into a command job. An actor able to steer a tool-enabled agent can therefore create a persistent cron job that executes attacker-selected commands with the privileges of the OpenClaw process user, resulting in access to host files and credentials and impact to scheduled service availability. The issue is limited to cron jobs created or edited through the model-facing cron tool; direct CLI and authorized Gateway scheduling surfaces are trusted operator controls. Fixed in 2026.7.1.

Affected products

• Openclaw Openclaw: before 2026.7.1 (fixed in 2026.7.1)

Published 2026-09-26. Last modified 2026-10-05.