CVE-2026-16120

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.36.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-07-18. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekElevated
6.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 6.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

A vulnerability was determined in nextlevelbuilder GoClaw up to 3.13.3-beta.3. This impacts the function matchesAllowlist/extractBin of the file internal/tools/exec_approval.go. Executing a manipulation can lead to incorrectly-resolved name. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized.

CVSS v3
6.3
EG Score
6.3(high)
EPSS
13.7%
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

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/
generic

[Security] Exec approval allowlist basename collision allows operator-triggered host command execution via workspace binary · Issue #1213 · nextlevelbuilder/goclaw · GitHub

https://github.com/nextlevelbuilder/goclaw/issues/1213#issuecomment-4760246569
generic

[Security] Exec approval allowlist basename collision allows operator-triggered host command execution via workspace binary · Issue #1213 · nextlevelbuilder/goclaw · GitHub

https://github.com/nextlevelbuilder/goclaw/issues/1213

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16120(1)

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

Weakness Classification(1)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 13× 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.

  1. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-20 20:41 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 2.1
  4. 2026-07-20 19:12 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v4 → 5.3
  5. 2026-07-20 17:52 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-20 17:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-18 16:06 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-18 16:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-18 16:03 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 2.1
  12. 2026-07-18 13:40 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-07-18 13:39 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16120?
CVE-2026-16120 is a medium vulnerability published on July 18, 2026. A vulnerability was determined in nextlevelbuilder GoClaw up to 3.13.3-beta.3. This impacts the function matchesAllowlist/extractBin of the file internal/tools/exec_approval.go. Executing a manipulation can lead to incorrectly-resolved name. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has…
When was CVE-2026-16120 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16120 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-2026-16120 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16120 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 13.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16120?
CVE-2026-16120 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16120?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-16120, 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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