Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity Affecting openclaw package, versions <2026.4.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-OPENCLAW-15928884
  • published8 Apr 2026
  • disclosed7 Apr 2026
  • creditiskindar

Introduced: 7 Apr 2026

NewCVE-2026-34426  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-178  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openclaw to version 2026.4.2 or higher.

Overview

openclaw is a 🦞 OpenClaw — Personal AI Assistant

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity due to inconsistent normalization of environment override keys between approval binding and execution time. An attacker can inject unauthorized environment variables into approved commands by exploiting this discrepancy.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1