CVE-2026-16122

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.34.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 4.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-07-18. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
4.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 4.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A security flaw has been discovered in nextlevelbuilder GoClaw up to 3.13.2. Affected by this vulnerability is the function extractBin/RequestApproval/matchesAllowlist of the file internal/tools/exec_approval.go. The manipulation results in incorrect authorization. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks.

CVSS v3
4.3
EG Score
4.3(medium)
EG Risk
35(Track)
EG Risk 35/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity43% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
23%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 18, 2026

Last Modified

July 20, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jul 18, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

[Security] GoClaw `exec` approval can be bypassed by reusing an `allow-always` basename with a different path-scoped executable · Issue #1216 · nextlevelbuilder/goclaw · GitHub

https://github.com/nextlevelbuilder/goclaw/issues/1216#issuecomment-4760050291
generic

[Security] GoClaw `exec` approval can be bypassed by reusing an `allow-always` basename with a different path-scoped executable · Issue #1216 · nextlevelbuilder/goclaw · GitHub

https://github.com/nextlevelbuilder/goclaw/issues/1216
generic

GitHub - nextlevelbuilder/goclaw: GoClaw - GoClaw is OpenClaw rebuilt in Go — with multi-tenant isolation, 5-layer security, and native concurrency. Deploy AI agent teams at scale without compromising on safety. · GitHub

https://github.com/nextlevelbuilder/goclaw/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16122(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 58× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16122?
CVE-2026-16122 is a medium vulnerability published on July 18, 2026. A security flaw has been discovered in nextlevelbuilder GoClaw up to 3.13.2. Affected by this vulnerability is the function extractBin/RequestApproval/matchesAllowlist of the file internal/tools/exec_approval.go. The manipulation results in incorrect authorization. The exploit has been released to…
When was CVE-2026-16122 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16122 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 18, 2026, with the most recent update on July 20, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16122 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16122 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 76.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16122?
CVE-2026-16122 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16122?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-16122, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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