CVE-2026-101882
OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1 Remote Code Execution via system.execApprovals.set
- 8.7HighCVSS base score
- 0.67%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 48% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1 contains an incomplete validation vulnerability in system.execApprovals.set that accepts wildcard-executable rules and abusable system binaries like mshta, rundll32, and certutil. Remote callers can add broad allow rules to execute arbitrary commands on the Windows host through system.run without operator checks or user prompts.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits2
References tagged exploit2 references
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-f32j-8759-w2fp) (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryexploit
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-g95v-c9r6-2hmq) (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryexploit
Timeline
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By VulnCheck
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | High8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | High8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.67% · top 48% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.7.
Affected products
OpenClaw · OpenClaw Windows Node
- affected < 2026.7.1
References
References7
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-f32j-8759-w2fp) (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryexploit
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-g95v-c9r6-2hmq) (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryexploit
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw-windows-node/commit/8f07ad92beb28376bc228c0b07093173a043a656 (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw-windows-node/commit/988df5badc84ab5efd5b4e291766a1fa5e7e268a (opens in a new tab)patch
- OpenClaw Windows Node v2026.7.1 Release Notes (opens in a new tab)release-notes
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw-windows-node/blob/v0.6.12/src/OpenClaw.Shared/Capabilities/SystemCapability.cs#L791-L853 (opens in a new tab)technical-description
- VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw Windows Node before 2026.7.1 Remote Code Execution via system.execApprovals.set (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-90255 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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