OpenClaw up to 2026.2.13 on macOS Claude CLI Keychain Credential Refresh Path os command injection

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A vulnerability was found in OpenClaw up to 2026.2.13 on macOS. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Claude CLI Keychain Credential Refresh Path Handler. This manipulation causes os command injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-27487. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability has been found in OpenClaw up to 2026.2.13 on macOS and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Claude CLI Keychain Credential Refresh Path Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

OpenClaw is a personal AI assistant. In versions 2026.2.13 and below, when using macOS, the Claude CLI keychain credential refresh path constructed a shell command to write the updated JSON blob into Keychain via security add-generic-password -w .... Because OAuth tokens are user-controlled data, this created an OS command injection risk. This issue has been fixed in version 2026.2.14.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-27487 since 02/19/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 2026.2.14 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying the patch 66d7178f2d6f9d60abad35797f97f3e61389b70c is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Artificial Intelligence Software

Name

• OpenClaw

Version

• 2026.2.0
• 2026.2.1
• 2026.2.2
• 2026.2.3
• 2026.2.4
• 2026.2.5
• 2026.2.6
• 2026.2.7
• 2026.2.8
• 2026.2.9
• 2026.2.10
• 2026.2.11
• 2026.2.12
• 2026.2.13

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/

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