# CVE-2026-42424

> Vulnerability · severity: **MEDIUM** (CVSS 5.7).

## Description

OpenClaw before 2026.4.8 treats shared reply MEDIA paths as trusted, allowing crafted references to trigger cross-channel local file exfiltration. Attackers can exploit this by crafting malicious shared reply MEDIA references to cause another channel to read local file paths as trusted generated media.

## Key facts

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-42424
- **Published:** 2026-04-28
- **CVSS severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS base score:** 5.7
- **CWE codes:** CWE-73

## Affected products

- `openclaw:openclaw`

## Primary sources

- NIST NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42424

## Citation

> AI Analytics. CVE-2026-42424. Retrieved 2026-09-20 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cve/CVE-2026-42424. Derived from NIST NVD. Licensed CC0.

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