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
6.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 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)
EG Risk
44(Track)
EG Risk 44/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity63% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
14%
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 17× in last 7d / 23× 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. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-26 11:16 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-26 11:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-23 03:05 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-22 23:57 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-22 23:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-20 20:41 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 2.1
  14. 2026-07-20 19:12 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v4 → 5.3
  15. 2026-07-20 17:52 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-20 17:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-18 16:06 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-07-18 16:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-18 16:03 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 2.1
  22. 2026-07-18 13:40 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 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 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 86.2% of all scored CVEs.
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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