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CVE-2026-22177

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.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:9ba204502878fea9b9f62a8c0b13a5002b644ce1bd0f2397b316c6d3ef562916
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 2 assertions

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  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9152bb05dad4c66fe56909753182552debea608bdb866f96718bf971bc19ba44 · sha256:cbb2b7dd3221b5f4… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":6.1,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9152bb05dad4c66fe56909753182552debea608bdb866f96718bf971bc19ba44 · sha256:cbb2b7dd3221b5f4… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageURL":"pkg:npm/openclaw","product":"OpenClaw","vendor":"OpenClaw","versions":[{"lessThan":"2026.2.21","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"2026.2.21","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9152bb05dad4c66fe56909753182552debea608bdb866f96718bf971bc19ba44 · sha256:cbb2b7dd3221b5f4… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

2 source assertions
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"LOCAL","baseScore":6.9,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"LOW","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"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","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"LOW","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NO…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9152bb05dad4c66fe56909753182552debea608bdb866f96718bf971bc19ba44 · sha256:cbb2b7dd3221b5f4… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":6.1,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9152bb05dad4c66fe56909753182552debea608bdb866f96718bf971bc19ba44 · sha256:cbb2b7dd3221b5f4… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-15","description":"CWE-15: External Control of System or Configuration Setting","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9152bb05dad4c66fe56909753182552debea608bdb866f96718bf971bc19ba44 · sha256:cbb2b7dd3221b5f4… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

4 source assertions
{"name":"VulnCheck Advisory: OpenClaw < 2026.2.21 - Environment Variable Injection via Config env.vars","tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/commit/2cdbadee1f8fcaa93302d7debbfc529e19868ea4"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9152bb05dad4c66fe56909753182552debea608bdb866f96718bf971bc19ba44 · sha256:cbb2b7dd3221b5f4… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-8fmp-37rc-p5g7)","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-8fmp-37rc-p5g7"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9152bb05dad4c66fe56909753182552debea608bdb866f96718bf971bc19ba44 · sha256:cbb2b7dd3221b5f4… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"Patch Commit","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-w9j9-w4cp-6wgr"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9152bb05dad4c66fe56909753182552debea608bdb866f96718bf971bc19ba44 · sha256:cbb2b7dd3221b5f4… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openclaw-environment-variable-injection-via-config-env-vars"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:9152bb05dad4c66fe56909753182552debea608bdb866f96718bf971bc19ba44 · sha256:cbb2b7dd3221b5f4… · /containers/cna/references/3

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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