CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-22177
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-03-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — 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
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.1 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-15
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.
Affected configurations
• openclaw openclaw (< 2026.2.21)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-15 External Control of System or Configuration Setting weakness
References
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/2cdbadee1f8fcaa93302d7debbfc529e19868ea4 Patch
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-8fmp-37rc-p5g7 Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-w9j9-w4cp-6wgr github.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-environment-variable-injection-via-config-env-vars Third Party Advisory