CVE-2026-101884: Openclaw Windows Node

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1 contains an incomplete environment-variable sanitizer in system.run that fails to block GIT_CONFIG_*, DOTNET_STARTUP_HOOKS, and JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS variables. Attackers with gateway or agent access can supply these variables to allowlisted tools like git, dotnet, or java to load attacker-controlled code and achieve arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Openclaw Openclaw Windows Node: before 2026.7.1 (fixed in 2026.7.1)

Published 2026-09-30. Last modified 2026-10-01.