# CVE-2026-41373

> Vulnerability · severity: **MEDIUM** (CVSS 6.1).

## Description

OpenClaw before 2026.3.31 contains an incomplete host-env-security-policy.json that fails to restrict compiler binary environment variables, allowing untrusted models to substitute CC, CXX, CARGO_BUILD_RUSTC, and CMAKE_C_COMPILER via environment overrides. Attackers with approved host-exec requests can override compiler binaries to execute arbitrary code during build processes.

## Key facts

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-41373
- **Published:** 2026-04-28
- **CVSS severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS base score:** 6.1
- **CWE codes:** CWE-427

## Affected products

- `openclaw:openclaw`

## Primary sources

- NIST NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41373

## Citation

> AI Analytics. CVE-2026-41373. Retrieved 2026-06-30 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cve/CVE-2026-41373. Derived from NIST NVD. Licensed CC0.

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