CVE-2026-53842: Openclaw

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

OpenClaw before 2026.5.2 contains an environment variable injection vulnerability allowing workspace .env files to influence Python runtime selection through CLOUDSDK_PYTHON during Gmail setup gcloud execution. Attackers with repository access can manipulate the CLOUDSDK_PYTHON variable to execute setup through unintended local Python paths, potentially enabling arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

• Openclaw Openclaw: before 2026.5.2 (fixed in 2026.5.2); version 2026.5.2 only

Published 2026-06-16. Last modified 2026-06-18.