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Advisory details: gitlab / npm/openclaw/GHSA-mj59-h3q9-ghfh
Advisory ID gitlab/npm/openclaw/GHSA-mj59-h3q9-ghfh
Aliases GHSA-mj59-h3q9-ghfh
Summary OpenClaw: MCP stdio server env could load dangerous startup variables from workspace config Workspace MCP stdio configuration could pass dangerous process-startup environment variables such as `NODE_OPTIONS`, `LD_PRELOAD`, or `BASH_ENV` to the spawned MCP server process. In a malicious workspace, this could make the MCP child load attacker-controlled code when the operator starts a session that uses that MCP server. The impact is limited to local/workspace trust boundaries and requires the operator to run OpenClaw in a workspace containing the malicious MCP configuration. Severity is therefore medium, not high/critical.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 0.0
Risk
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (5)
CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element
CWE-829 Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-454 External Initialization of Trusted Variables or Data Stores
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/openclaw/GHSA-mj59-h3q9-ghfh.yml
Reference id Reference type URL
62fa5071896e95edc7f67d1cebc70a2859e283af Other https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/62fa5071896e95edc7f67d1cebc70a2859e283af
85d86ebc4bf3d2226d39d132a484f4f7a299fa1b Other https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/85d86ebc4bf3d2226d39d132a484f4f7a299fa1b
GHSA-mj59-h3q9-ghfh https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mj59-h3q9-ghfh
GHSA-mj59-h3q9-ghfh Advisory https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-mj59-h3q9-ghfh
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/npm/openclaw/GHSA-mj59-h3q9-ghfh.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

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none

low

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required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

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high

low

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There are no SSVC decisions available.