What is GHSA-4qgr-57jq-93vh?

GHSA-4qgr-57jq-93vh is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Duplicate Advisory: Workspace .env STATE_DIRECTORY could influence bundled runtime dependency roots

Why does GHSA-4qgr-57jq-93vh have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-4qgr-57jq-93vh?

GHSA-4qgr-57jq-93vh has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-4qgr-57jq-93vh?

GHSA-4qgr-57jq-93vh affects 1 product, including: npm/openclaw:\u003c 2026.5.2.

⚠ Withdrawn by GitHub Security Advisories

Withdrawn: June 18, 2026

GHSA-4qgr-57jq-93vhHighCVSS 7.1Disclosed before NVD

Duplicate Advisory: Workspace .env STATE_DIRECTORY could influence bundled runtime dependency roots

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

June 16, 2026

Last Modified

June 18, 2026

📋 Description

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-wc84-j36w-pw4x. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

OpenClaw before 2026.5.2 contains an environment variable injection vulnerability where workspace .env STATE_DIRECTORY could influence bundled runtime dependency roots. Attackers can manipulate the STATE_DIRECTORY variable to load runtime dependencies from unintended local paths, potentially executing malicious code during dependency resolution.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/openclaw:< 2026.5.2

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-wc84-j36w-pw4x
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53858
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-arbitrary-runtime-dependency-loading-via-state-directory-environment-variable
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4qgr-57jq-93vh