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CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/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:XSummary
CVE-2026-32010 is a medium-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw. Its CVSS base score is 5.8 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked at the 21th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2026-32010, published on 2026-03-19, is an allowlist bypass vulnerability (CWE-78) in OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.22. The flaw exists in the safe-bin configuration when the 'sort' utility is manually added to tools.exec.safeBins. It enables attackers to invoke 'sort' using the --compress-program flag, allowing execution of arbitrary external programs without operator approval in allowlist mode with ask=on-miss enabled. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.3 (AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).
A local attacker with low privileges can exploit this issue by supplying a specially crafted 'sort' command incorporating the --compress-program flag. This bypasses the intended allowlist protections, permitting execution of unauthorized external programs. Exploitation leads to high integrity and availability impacts, with no confidentiality loss, in environments relying on OpenClaw's execution controls.
Mitigation is provided in OpenClaw version 2026.2.22 and later, via a fix documented in the commit at https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/57fbbaebca4d34d17549accf6092ae26eb7b605c. Further details on the vulnerability and remediation appear in the GitHub security advisory at https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-4gc7-qcvf-38wg and the VulnCheck advisory at https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-allowlist-bypass-via-sort-compress-program-parameter. Practitioners should update to the patched release and audit safeBins configurations to exclude unnecessary tools like 'sort'.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-13271
Vulnerability Data
OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.22 contain an allowlist bypass vulnerability in the safe-bin configuration when sort is manually added to tools.exec.safeBins. Attackers can invoke sort with the --compress-program flag to execute arbitrary external programs without operator approval in allowlist mode…
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with ask=on-miss enabled.
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can discover missing or incorrect command sanitization during development.
Input validation directly neutralizes or rejects special characters that would otherwise alter OS command structure.
Least privilege reduces the permissions available to any process that could be subverted by injected commands.
Least functionality restricts available OS commands and interpreters, limiting the blast radius of injection.
Secure engineering principles require proper neutralization of untrusted input before command construction.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
PR.PS-06's SDLC practices directly require secure coding and input handling that blocks command-injection defects, yet the single broad outcome leaves many specific neutralization vectors and verification gaps unaddressed.
Routine patching/maintenance can remediate known command-injection CVEs in dependencies (partial forward) but does nothing to stop developers from introducing improper neutralization in custom code (none reverse).
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing and code review target insecure use of operating-system command interfaces, catching command-injection flaws introduced during development.