CVE-2026-22177

MEDIUM EPSS 28.9%
Published Mar 18, 20263mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
6.9 CVSS 4.0
Medium
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Published Mar 18, 2026 3mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.21 fail to filter dangerous process-control environment variables from config env.vars, allowing startup-time code execution. Attackers can inject variables like NODE_OPTIONS or LD_* through configuration to execute arbitrary code in the OpenClaw gateway service runtime context.

CVSS Details

Base Score
6.9
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
Vector string
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
28.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-15

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
openclawopenclaw* <2026.2.21

References 4

  • github.com https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/2cdbadee1f8fcaa93302d7debbfc529e19868ea4
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-8fmp-37rc-p5g7
    Vendor Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-w9j9-w4cp-6wgr
  • vulncheck.com https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-environment-variable-injection-via-config-env-vars
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/2cdbadee1f8fcaa93302d7debbfc529e19868ea4
    Patch