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CVE-2026-22177

6.9 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (6.9) in openclaw openclaw. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in openclaw 2026.2.21.

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.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

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

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 32% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-15
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

Packages (OSV)

AdvisoryEcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
GHSA-8fmp-37rc-p5g7npmopenclaw<2026.2.212026.2.21

References

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