CVE-2026-53846: Openclaw

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

OpenClaw before 2026.4.29 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the install helper that allows workspace .env files to override the npm_execpath configuration used for bundled runtime dependency installation. Attackers with workspace access can execute unintended local package-manager executables during dependency setup to compromise the build environment.

Affected products

• Openclaw Openclaw: before 2026.4.29 (fixed in 2026.4.29); version 2026.4.29 only

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