CVE-2026-27487 OpenClaw: Prevent shell injection in macOS keychain credential write

High 7.6 Published 21 Feb 2026 Updated 24 Feb 2026

An attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands on macOS via OAuth token injection in the keychain credential refresh path.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2026-27487?

CVE-2026-27487 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Openclaw Openclaw, published on 21 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-27487?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including openclaw. It affects 1 product.

Package	Affected	Fixed in
`openclaw` npm	All versions	`2026.2.14`
`openclaw` npm	All versions	`2026.2.14`

Products include Openclaw Openclaw.

How do I fix CVE-2026-27487?

Upgrade openclaw to 2026.2.14 or later.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2026-27487 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-27487 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-4564-pvr2-qq4h.